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Entrepreneurship and Ethics: Examples of Social Entrepreneurship in Turkey and Selected Middle-Income Countries

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P Profit is the driving purpose of business organisations and accordingly entrepreneurs . However, a concept called social entrepreneurship emerges when seeking profit begins to negatively affect employees, suppliers, customers, related organisations of the organisation, and also society .

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    Selva Staub

  2. Vocational School of Social Sciences, Mus Alparslan University, Mus, Turkey

    Zeliha Tekin

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Staub, S., Tekin, Z. (2017). Entrepreneurship and Ethics: Examples of Social Entrepreneurship in Turkey and Selected Middle-Income Countries. In: Sener, S., Schepers, S. (eds) Innovation, Governance and Entrepreneurship: How Do They Evolve in Middle Income Countries?. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55926-1_6

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