Intercultural dimensions of business ethics and corporate social responsibility: A comparative study on Polish and Turkish managers

It is widely known that a person's moral beliefs and attitudes are reflected on his or her closest environment. Nowadays, individuals' behaviors and responsibilities are of greater value in terms of human interactions more than ever before, considering the positive and negative changes that globalization brought about. Nowadays it is believed that companies have a responsibility beyond making a profit and so alike statements can be found in many companies' mission and vision statements. The recognition of ethical standards in the workplace and the promotion of activities aiming at contribution to the environment and societies are no longer collateral issues. Notwithstanding business ethics and corporate social responsibility have been universally accepted, today we are still witnessing ongoing ethical problems. One of its most crucial reasons is different understanding of these concepts varying substantially among countries and cultures. Furthermore, views on ethics and social responsibility are more widespread in Western countries, and the views of the people living in non-English speaking countries on these issues seem to remain undiscovered. The main purpose of this study is assessing similar features in the points of view of Polish and Turkish managers regarding ethics and social responsibility. As Poland and Turkey share similar cultural features, it is believed that there are indeed common views on ethics and corporate social responsibility within Polish and Turkish managers. A previously developed scale on ethics and social responsibility was used in order to obtain the results from 104 Polish and Turkish managers working in 80 companies.