Local government and social responsibility: Güngören municipality blood brotherhood club (buddy) example in meeting urgent need for blood

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: GÜNGÖREN MUNICIPALITY BLOOD BROTHERHOOD CLUB (BUDDY) EXAMPLE IN MEETING URGENT NEED FOR BLOOD" ABSTRACT Social responsibility concept is implemented as a social policy by operations. Social responsibility concerns all the operations. Operations are responsible for their activities results and effects. Works for social responsibility are required high budget as financial condition. Social responsibility is course of action by institutions that is a part of the society. Local governments are the public utilities providing public good and services in terms of principle of local administration. Local governments are established in order to meet common requirements of inhabitants and they have several responsibilities against society. Local governments should take their decisions in direction of expectations and interest of public. Local governments serving in local level, have social responsibilities against people in institutional field. Human blood provides benefit not only its own body but also body of other people. Human blood is taken for transmitting to body of other people or enables to do scientific research and experiments. Blood is a tool of treatment, its resource is only human and it does not have another alternative. According to World Health Organization Report, in developing countries, the most important problem of supplying reliable blood is to choose the unreliable and cheapest methods because of inadequate volunteer blood donor. In worldwide, 81 million units are donated blood yearly, however in developed countries, 82% of these donations is supplied by volunteer blood donors and is subjected to the whole screen tests. When Turkey is contrast with developed countries in regards to blood donation, Turkey gets behinds. While volunteer blood donation ratio of population is 5% in these countries, this ratio is still about 1.5-2% in Turkey. The most important problem is inadequacy in number of blood donors. Turkey does not have a standardization and supervision in regards to blood services. Güngören Municipality Blood brotherhood Club (BUDDY) having an activity to meet urgent blood requirements is the organization of meeting the people having need for blood with the people wishing for blood. Güngören Municipality Blood Brotherhood Club (BUDDY); is established with intent to popularize and generalize blood donation consciousness and contribute partly about meeting need for blood in Turkey. Key words: Local governments, municipalities, Güngören Municipality, social responsibilities, blood, need for blood, blood donation, Blood Brotherhood Club