The effect of corporate social responsibility studies on the corporate validity of employees; A comparative research on two institutions from the food sector

Corporate social responsibility is a set of activities that a profit oriented company puts into practice which is out of the scope of its duties but still obliged to perform and targeted for the good of society. Even though this concepts doesn't mentioned among business duties, when they are performed it benefits both the company and society. Corporate reputation refers to the idea about a given company that its stakeholders including investors and shareholders have in mind. In this study, the relationship between corporate social responsibility and corporate reputation is investigated. For this purpose, 250 participants from 2 different companies were recruited for the study. According to SPSS analysis, there is a significant positive correlation between corporate social responsibility and corporate reputation. The second company has scored significantly lower than the first company on corporate social responsibility and corporate reputation.