RED CRESCENT FROM SOCIETY TO JOINT STOCK COMPANY AS AN EXAMPLE OF DISASTER-ORİENTED SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHİP

Yasin Akkuş

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RED CRESCENT FROM SOCIETY TO JOINT STOCK COMPANY AS AN EXAMPLE OF DISASTER-ORİENTED SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHİP

Authors:

Yasin Akkuş

Publisher:

Tekirdag Namik Kemal University

Main Topics:

Yönetim Sosyolojisi

Journal:

HUMANITAS - Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 23, pp.53-72

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2024

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001313181

pISSN:

2147-088X

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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.

 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.

 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.

 Sosyal girişimciliğin Dünyadaki etkisi ve sürdürülebilir kalkınmadaki önemi 1990lardan sonra daha iyi anlaşılmaya başlanmıştır. Özellikle inovatif yönleriyle proaktif iş modelleri geliştiren sosyal girişimler, önemli roller oynamaya başlamıştır. Bağış bekleyen reaktif yapılar yerine iktisadi faaliyetler üreten yapıları benimseyen sosyal girişimler, bu faaliyetlerden elde ettiği gelirlerle sürdürülebilir ve tekrarlanabilir sosyal faydalar üretebilmektedir. Hilal-i Ahmer yaygın adıyla Osmanlı İmparatorluğunun son döneminde kurulan Türk Kızılay Derneği de bu sosyal girişimler arasında sayılmaktadır. Dönemdeki tabiriyle cemiyet olarak kurulan Kızılay bugün on üç adet anonim şirketi bünyesinde barındırmaktadır. Karahisar maden suyunun üretimi ile başlayan iktisadi faaliyetleri günümüzde çadır üretiminden sağlığa, lojistik hizmetlerinden finansal yatırıma kadar birçok farklı alanda genişlemiştir. Afetlerde gerçekleştirdiği faaliyetler üzerinden Kızılayın mevcut yapısına eleştirilerin de getirildiği gözlemlenmektedir. Bu çalışmada Türkiye Kızılay Derneğinin mevcut yapılanması, sosyal girişimcilik ve afetler perspektifi ile değerlendirilmektedir. Kızılayın iktisadi faaliyetlerinin halka arz olan anonim şirketler halinde düzenlenmesinin; afetlerde daha hızlı ve inovatif çözümler üretebileceği değerlendirilmektedir. Bu sayede Kızılayın daha verimli, daha etkin, şeffaf, denetlenebilir, hesap verebilir bir biçimde kurumsal ve sosyal sorumluluklarını yerine getirebileceği sonucuna varılmaktadır.

Article Details

RED CRESCENT FROM SOCIETY TO JOINT STOCK COMPANY AS AN EXAMPLE OF DISASTER-ORİENTED SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHİP

Authors:

Yasin Akkuş

Publisher:

Tekirdag Namik Kemal University

Main Topics:

Yönetim Sosyolojisi

Journal:

HUMANITAS - Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 23, pp.53-72

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2024

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001313181

pISSN:

2147-088X

Entrepreneurship

Social entrepreneurship

Red Crescent

Corporate and social responsibility

DisasterGirişimcilik

Sosyal Girişimcilik

Kızılay

Kurumsal ve Sosyal Sorumluluk

Afet

Issues

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Authors: Yasin Akkuş

Publisher: Tekirdag Namik Kemal University

Main Topics: Yönetim Sosyolojisi

Journal: HUMANITAS - Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 23, pp.53-72

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 3/2024

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2001313181

pISSN: 2147-088X

Issues

Authors:

Yasin Akkuş

Publisher:

Tekirdag Namik Kemal University

Main Topics:

Yönetim Sosyolojisi

Journal:

HUMANITAS - Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 23, pp.53-72

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2024

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001313181

pISSN:

2147-088X