Environmentalism as a Stakeholder Issue and a Research for the Environmental Awareness of University Students

Abstract

The basic aim of this paper is to investigate the awareness to environmental issue by conducting a research on 484 university students of Giresun University, Turkey. A total of 484 participants were reached, however only 466 were found to be valid for the data analysis process. The participants were mainly the 2nd and 4th year-undergraduates studying at the departments of Economics, Business Management and International Relations, and took part in the questionnaire on a voluntary basis. Data obtained from those 466 questionnaires analyzed through the SPSS statistical package program, and 21 possible relations were tested. The analysis of the data indicates that, the populations of cities residence before their university education, their attitudes to environmental issues, and the information about purchased goods have hazardous effects against the environment, purchasing behavior to a firm which gives harm to environment, and the participants thought on environmental issues are statistically significantly associated. And also, the participants experiences about environmental issues and their gender is positively linked.

The image of and the interest in the accounting profession: an empirical study in three social groups

“…However the gender differences are not significant. These findings are different from those of other studies suggesting the influence of gender on the accounting profession's perception (Almer et al, 2010;Byrne and Willis, 2005;Genç and Çal, 2015;Johnson et al, 2008;Özkürkçüler et al, 2014;Pekdemir et al, 2013;Stivers and Onifade, 2014). With regard to the academic characteristics of the students, we analysed the students' perception about the profession depending on the entry grade in the first year, and the expected final grade for the third-year students.…”

“…Regarding age, studies suggest that older people consider accounting the profession more boring (Pekdemir et al, 2013;Stivers and Onifade, 2014). Regarding gender, studies performed suggest that the male and female genders have different perceptions about the profession (Almer et al, 2010;Byrne and Willis, 2005;Genç and Çal, 2015;Johnson et al, 2008;Lightbody, 2009;Özkürkçüler et al, 2014;Pekdemir et al, 2013;Stivers and Onifade, 2014), with perceptions of inequality, in terms of gender, in how the profession is carried out (Almer et al, 2010;Flynn et al, 2015;Johnson et al, 2008;Qasem and Abdullatif, 2014). Regarding how the accounting profession is carried out Friedman and Lyne (2001) suggest that the remaining company employee groups have a more negative image of the internal accountant than of the external or freelancer accountant.…”

“…The research carried out suggests that the image of the accounting profession may vary depending on the group being surveyed (Dimnik and Felton, 2006), being particularly important the studies reporting the existence of conflicting perceptions between managers and accountants (Johnston et al 2002;O'Callaghan et al, 2010;Pierce and O'Dea 2003;Rajesh and Suganthi, 2014). Prior research also suggests the influence of the respondents' individual characteristics in the perception of the profession (Askary et al, 2014;Flynn et al, 2015;Genç and Çal, 2015;Linnhoff et al, 2015;Murugesan and Dominic, 2013;Özkürkçüler et al, 2014;Pekdemir et al, 2013;Qasem and Abdullatif, 2014;Stivers and Onifade, 2014).…”

Evolution of corporate environmentalism, a politico‐social perspective: Concept, command and control to self‐regulatory and voluntary, and future directions

“…How businesses balance their economic, social, and environmental responsibilities. To present a positive public image firms needs to engage in public relations campaigns aimed at reassuring passive environmental movements about firm's social and environmental initiatives (Genç & Çal, 2015). This should also portray the positive economic benefits of the business activities.…”