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The pyramid of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is used to refer the famous model of Carroll, A.B., one of the distinguishing scholars in the literature. Building on his previous study in 1979, Carroll (1991) developed a model of CSR that encompasses the entire range of business responsibilities as economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic dimensions. Carroll depicts his model as a pyramid, in which types of CSR involvement are represented systematically at four levels. Although Carroll (1979) suggested that these four levels of responsibilities must be met simultaneously, the practical implications of involvement might vary among components. At the bottom of the pyramid, the goal of profit maximization that is accomplished through the production of goods and services is conceptualized as the economic responsibilities of an organization. According to Carroll (1991), this component indicates...
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Turker, D. (2013). Pyramid of CSR. In: Idowu, S.O., Capaldi, N., Zu, L., Gupta, A.D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28036-8_238
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