Business Against Intimate Partner Violence: A Case of Participatory Action Research and Social Action

ISBN-13: 9789813296510 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 193 str.

Melsa Ararat

Spis treści

Part 1 Gender Equality: An imperative for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals.- Part 2 Institutional Context: Women in Turkey.

O autorze

Melsa Ararat is the founding director and principle researcher of the Corporate Governance Forum of Turkey (CGFT, 2003- present), a research and advocacy centre at Sabanci University School of Management, Istanbul. Previously she had senior management and board positions in Turkey, the Benelux, Singapore and Japan in management consulting industry.  Dr. Ararat’s scholarly background is in Management and Strategy and her research focuses on corporate governance and sustainability. She coordinates Emerging Markets Corporate Governance Research Network since 2006 and was actively involved in policy work as a consultant to the World Bank Group until  2016. Since 2015 she has been serving as a governor of ICGN (International Corporate Governance Network), an investor-led organization of governance experts. In May 2019, she was elected to the board of United Nations Global Compact Turkey Network, for a three year period. She oversees CDP’s Turkey operation and chairs the Steering Committee of 30% Club’s Turkey Chapter which she initiated. 

Blurb

This book addresses the Business Against Domestic Violence (BADV) project launched by the Corporate Governance Forum of Turkey (CGFT), a research center at Sabanci University School of Management. The goal of BADV is to mobilize companies to combat intimate partner violence (IPV) in Turkey. The project was realized in a collaborative partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), with the support of Sabancı Foundation and in co-operation with Turkish Industrialists and Business Association (TUSIAD).

The book is divided into two sections. Section 1, which focuses on the project itself, frames the elimination of IPV as an SDG target, and provides a detailed account of the project’s motivation, underlying research, project organization, implementation, and outcome. The question of why gender equality and IPV matter for business is also addressed. Lastly, the role of business schools and management scholars in creating practical and actionable knowledge to achieve development goals is discussed, based on the BADV experience. In turn, Section 2 explores the background of the project and sheds a multidisciplinary light on the local context.  

The main objective of the book is to encourage business schools and business organizations to form partnerships in pursuit of Goal-5 and other SDG targets, helping to create actionable knowledge and prompt social action. The book presents IPV from all relevant perspectives and focuses on Turkey, a key emerging economy and G-20 country.