AFET ODAKLI BİR SOSYAL GİRİŞİMCİLİK ÖRNEĞİ OLARAK CEMİYETTEN ANONİM ŞİRKETE KIZILAY
RED CRESCENT FROM SOCIETY TO JOINT STOCK COMPANY AS AN EXAMPLE OF DISASTER-ORIENTED SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Summary/Abstract: The impact of social entrepreneurship in the world and its importance in sustainable development began to be better understood after the 1990s. Especially social enterprises that develop proactive business models with their innovative aspects have started to play important roles. Social enterprises that adopt structures that produce economic activities instead of reactive structures waiting for donations can produce sustainable and repeatable social benefits with the incomes they get from these activities. The Turkish Red Crescent Society, which was established in the last period of the Ottoman Empire, with the common name of Hilal-i Ahmer, is also counted among these social enterprises. The Red Crescent, which was established as a society as it was called in the period, today includes thirteen joint stock companies. The economic activities, which started with the production of Karahisar mineral water, have expanded in many different areas from tent production to health, from logistics services to financial investment. It is observed that criticisms have been brought to the existing structure of the Red Crescent through its activities in disasters. In this study, the current structure of the Turkish Red Crescent Society is evaluated from the perspective of social entrepreneurship and disasters. The arrangement of the economic activities of the Red Crescent as joint stock companies that are offered to the public; It is considered that it can produce faster and innovative solutions in disasters. In this way, it is concluded that the Red Crescent will be able to fulfill its corporate and social responsibilities in a more efficient, more effective, transparent, auditable and accountable manner.

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