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Independent (Zeynep Özsoy)

I am Professor of Organization Studies in the Department of Business Administration, Altınbaş University. Recently I am the Dean of the Altınbaş Business School. I am a member of the Community Economies Research Network (CERN) and International Centre of Research and Information on the Public, Social and Cooperative Economy (CIRIEC). I am a board member of Chartered Institute Logistics Transport (CILT) Turkey and mamber of Women In Logistics And Transport (WILAT) Turkey The areas I am particularly interested in and has written about include corporate governance practices of Turkish listed companies, social enterpreneurship, boards of directors, diversity management, and alternative organisations.

Headquarter Country

Turkey

Geographies served

Turkey

Issue areas addressed

Diversity & Inclusion

Communities served

Youth, Women, Environment

SDGS FOCUS

SDG 17 - Partnerships to achieve the Goal

SDG 5 - Gender Equality

Collaborators

Zeynep Özsoy

Independent (Zeynep Özsoy)

 Turkey

 İstanbul

Mainstream curriculums at business schools are mainly designed with an approach that prioritizes profit maximization. Students are taught to work in large companies and maximize the shareholders’ wealth. Although there are courses on social responsibility and social entrepreneurship in the curricula, these courses are under the influence of mainstream business education. University students need to realize that there are different alternatives
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