Framework

Carroll's CSR pyramid

The question it answers

When a business owner draws up a CSR programme, which duties come first: economic, legal, ethical or philanthropic?

Origin
Carroll, 1991
Diagram type
Process by phase
Level of analysis
Firm
Topics
Ethics & corporate governance
Clay balance scale with two level glass pans, icon for business ethics

Diagram

Carroll's CSR pyramid

  1. Economic
  2. Economic
  3. Legal
  4. Legal
  5. Ethical
  6. Ethical
  7. Philanthropic
  8. Philanthropic

Sources

References

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  1. Carroll, A.B. (1991) ‘The pyramid of corporate social responsibility: toward the moral management of organizational stakeholders’, Business Horizons, 34(4), pp. 39–48.doi:10.1016/0007-6813(91)90005-gSource page