SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİR KURUMSAL MARKA KAVRAMI VE BİST SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİRLİK ENDEKSİ’NDEKİ FİRMALARIN SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİR KURUMSAL MARKA UYGULAMALARI ÜZERİNE BİR ARAŞTIRMA

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı kurumsal sürdürülebilirlik ve kurumsal marka entegrasyonu ile meydana gelen sürdürülebilir kurumsal marka kavramının, BİST Sürdürülebilirlik Endeksi’ne tabi firmaların sürdürülebilirlik raporlarındaki ifadelerden yola çıkarak, ne ölçüde uygulandığının ortaya çıkarılmasıdır. Çalışma kapsamında BİST Sürdürülebilirlik Endeksi’nden seçilen 11 firmanın sürdürülebilir kurumsal marka uygulama sürecinde ne durumda olduğu, vizyon, kültür ve imaj çerçevesinde ortaya çıkarılmıştır. Bunun için öncelikle NVivo 11 programı aracılığıyla 11 firmaya ait sürdürülebilirlik raporunun, kurumsal marka kapsamında 72, sürdürülebilirlik kapsamında ise 54 olmak üzere 126 alt unsura node göre kodlanarak tematik içerik analizi yapılmış ve daha sonra “R” programında Semantik Ağ Analizi gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bulgulara göre firmaların sürdürülebilirlik raporlarını bir pazarlama malzemesi olarak kullandığı, bu raporlarda paydaşları nezdinde meşrulaşmak adına çeşitli imaj unsurlarından yararlandıkları ve bu imaj unsurlarının B2B ve B2C faaliyet gösteren firmalara göre farklılık gösterdiği saptanmıştır. Ayrıca firmaların sürdürülebilirliği kurumsal markalama sürecine entegre ederken çalışanların süreçlere katılımına özel önem vermeleri gerektiği saptanmıştır. Daha önce sürdürülebilir kurumsal marka kavramı konusunda bir uygulama yapılmamış olması ve kavramın uygulaması noktasına bir temel oluşturması için bu araştırmada geniş bir örneklem ve veri kaynağı olarak yalnızca sürdürülebilirlik raporlarına odaklanılmıştır. Bu raporlarda, firmaların sürdürülebilirlik ile ilgili faaliyetleri hakkındaki beyanatları, onların tamamen bu şekilde olduklarını göstermemektedir. Bu, araştırmanın kısıtı olarak belirtilebilir

Keywords

• Kurumsal marka,kurumsal sürdürülebilirlik,sürdürülebilir kurumsal marka,kurumsal teori,meşruluk

SUSTAINABLE CORPORATE BRAND CONCEPT AND A RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABLE CORPORATE BRAND APPLICATIONS OF COMPANIES IN THE BİST SUSTAINABILITY INDEX

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to reveal the extent the sustainable corporate brand concept is applied which is composed of corporate sustainability and corporate brand, on the basis of expressions in sustainability reports of companies in the BIST Sustainability Index. The status of 11 companies, which are selected from BİST Sustainability Index, in terms of sustainable corporate brand implementation process are revealed pursuant to vision, culture and image within the scope of the study. To manage this, sustainability reports of 11 companies are coded in 126 nodes – 72 in terms of corporate brands and 54 in terms of sustainability – via NVivo 11 program; thematic content analysis is performed and then Semantic Network Analysis is executed in “R” program. Findings revealed that companies benefit from sustainability reports as marketing materials, use various image elements in order to legitimize them in the eye of their stakeholders, and these image elements differ depending on B2B and B2C companies. Besides, it is determined that companies need to place importance in participation of employees in processes while integrating sustainability into corporate branding phase. This research focuses solely on sustainability reports as a large sample and a source of data, since the previously sustainable corporate brand concept has not been applied and is the basis for the implementation of the concept. In these reports, the statements of companies about their sustainability-related activities do not show that they are all that way. This can be specified as a constraint on the research

Keywords

• Corporate brand,corporate sustainability,sustainable corporate brand,ınstitutional theory,legitimacy

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