A RESEARCH ON SOCIAL CAPITAL AUDIT

The concept of social capital has become increasingly important for companies in recent years. The social capital needs to be continuously monitored, controlled and consequently audited for the development of the social capital of enterprises. The fact that there are not enough studies in the literature about the subject suggests that many researches should be done about the social capital audit. This study reveals the concept of social capital audit. In order to ensure the continuity of the development in social capital, necessary attention should be paid to auditing activities. The aim of this study is to explain how to implement social capital audit by making a sample application on a large scale enterprise. In the application part, the social capital structure of the company is examined firstly. There are three generally accepted dimensions of social capital. These are; trust, norms and networks. Therefore social capital is analyzed around trust, norms and networks. After examining the social capital of the company, the audit of the social capital is being investigated. It explains how the audit can be implemented with the generated sample audit application proposals