Özet:

Values are global concepts that lead to actions and judgments in various cases. They can have an indirect effect on behavior through attitudes and perceptions. Values are also important in organizational behavior because they can directly affect performance results. Values reflect the differences between different social and organizational cultures. Corporate values are like the patterns that shape the spirit of an organization; they are an indicator of how the organization is, what they represent, the work life of the organization, a look at all stakeholders, including customers and employees, and how employees are expected to work. The ideal image the organization wants to create can be reflected by corporate values. Values are in the heart of the decision-making mechanisms of the institutions. There are numerous studies that emphasize the positive impact of organizational values on organizational performance and achieving goals. In this context, the purpose of the research is to study the corporate values of the first twenty institutions listed in the Fortune 500 list, which determines the most successful institutions in Turkey based on balance sheets. After listing the top twenty entities on the Fortune 500 list, the frequency analysis was carried out by accessing the corporate values from each entity’s website using the document review technique. According to the frequency analysis, the concepts that are most included in the values of the institutions have been analyzed as honesty, transparency and ethics, creativity and innovation, customer focus, teamwork, change, sustainability, environmental sensitivity, and social responsibility.

Özet:

Values are global concepts that guide actions and judgements in a variety of situations. They can have an indirect effect on behavior through attitudes and perceptions. Values are also important to organizational behavior, as they can directly affect performance results. The values also reflect the differences between various social and organizational cultures. Corporate values are like patterns that shape the soul of an organization; The place where the organization is, what they represent, the organization's working life, and all its stakeholders (customers and employees) are indicators of how employees are expected to work. The ideal image that the institution wants to create can be reflected with corporate values. Values are at the heart of the decision-making mechanisms of institutions and act as a guide. There are many studies highlighting the positive impact of organizational values on organizational performance and achievement of goals. In this context, the purpose of the research is to examine the corporate values of the first twenty institutions in the Fortune 500 list, which determines the most successful institutions of Turkey on the basis of their balance sheets. After listing the first twenty institutions from the Fortune 500 list, frequency analysis was performed by accessing the corporate values from the website of each institution with the document review technique. According to the frequency analysis, the concepts that have the most place in the values of the institutions were analyzed as honesty, transparent and ethical, creative and innovative, customer-oriented, teamwork, change, sustainability, environment, sensitivity, social responsibility, respectively.

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