ANALYSIS OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PERCEPTION IN TERMS OF DEMOGRAPHIC VALUES: A RESEARCH ON THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY

Abstract

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be the fulfilling obligations of The concept of CSR, which has a long history, emerged with the influence of social dynamics, religion, and cultures, and has reached today by undergoing changes according to the conditions of the period. In the research, it has been tried to determine whether the perceptions of the employees employed in the iron and steel industry, which is within the scope of heavy industry and has a wide range of corporate social obligations differ significantly according to their demographic characteristics. A questionnaire was applied to 137 employees working in white-collar positions in an enterprise operating in the iron and steel industry in Karabük. In order to investigate the perceptions of corporate social responsibility, the scale developed by Bilçin Tak (2009) in her study titled “Management of Business Social Responsibilities and Relations with Stakeholder Groups” was used. Reliability analysis and frequency analyzes were applied in the study, and ANOVA and independent-sample t-test were applied to determine whether corporate social responsibility differs in terms of demographic characteristics. As a result of the research, it was observed that the perceptions of the participants towards CSR differ in terms of education level, professional position, and professional experience