Business ethics and exploring its alignment with corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices

There is a growing recognition that ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) have influences on the value system of the firm. Earlier studies have shown that good ethics is good business for consumer groups and society at large, which also helps a positive economic impact on theperformanceof firms.CSRisaphenomenon that represents those situations where the firm goes beyond compliance and engages in actions that take into account stakeholders’ expectations. The main purpose of this study to show how ethics culture developed in companies situated in Turkey with the alignment of CSR. That is, after consideration of the values of business ethics in the corporate social responsibility literature, the aim is to investigate the degree to which Turkish business have been acting in accordance with these values. To this end, companies located in Turkey that have published codes of ethics as well as CSR and sustainability reports were analysed to identify the links among values, ethics and corporate social responsibility when they are incorporated into the culture and management of a firm.