Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has received an extensive scholarly interest in the last 20 years. Scholars investigated the nature, intent, and consequences of CSR practices. Firms use CSR for their image, public relations and even creating new marketing areas for themselves. As a result, CSR is still an important and efficient tool for the firms in order to express their values in the community. Since the firms have been accepted as part of a larger system as being a social entity, they have become  responsible not only economically but also socially to their stakeholders, and to their communities. This approach particularly argues that the firms should go beyond the law, which typically limits their responsibilities into tax-paying entities, and be more proactive about involvement in social issues. This new approach shows that the concept gets a unique attention from business world. Firms should accept that their responsibility is not limited only with the economic one, but they have responsibility in contributing the society in various social areas.The reasons why CSR has been gaining the attention of the firms could be summarized generally as reflecting both economic and ethical motives for the business world. Firms which want to have more ethical standards in their work places started to concentrate on the CSR strategies.The purpose of the study is to investigate the general philosophy behind CSR practices of the Turkish private sector and the reasons for contributing to public education through their CSR practices. In addition to this, the aim of the study is to investigate the types and nature of business contributions to public education, the underlying rationales behind these contributions, and the guiding philosophy behind business contributions of selected private firms in Turkey. The contributions of the private firms are explored from a CSR perspective.As a result, research questions are1. What is the nature and type of business contributions to public    education in Turkey?2. What are the rationales of the private firms behind their CSR practices toward public education?3. What is the dominant theoretical perspective behind CSR practices in public education?

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