Corporate social responsibility performances and level of internationalization: A research on Fortune Turkey 100

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between corporate social responsibility performance and the degree of internationalization of businesses operating in Turkey. Fortune 500 list published by Fortune Turkey was used for this aim. The top hundred businesses in this list were examined and fifty of these hundred businesses were included in the study because they published at least one of the types of reports required for the assessment of corporate social responsibility performance. Corporate social responsibility performance value of these businesses was measured by using KLD index. The degree of internationalization is calculated by using export figures. Correlation analysis revealed a high and positive correlation between these two variables for the selected sample.