Using the Concept of Precedence as an Approach to Explain the Logical Interaction and Interrelationships among Corporate Social Responsibilities: Battal's CSR Train VS. Carroll ′s CSR Pyramid
Table 2.
Comparison between Battal’s CSR Train and Carroll′s CSR Pyramid
| Points of Comparison | Battal’s CSR Train | Carroll′ s CSR Pyramid | | Logical Interaction and Interrelationship among Social Responsibilities | It reflects the logical interaction and the interrelationship among social responsibilities | It does not reflect the logical interaction and the interrelationship among social responsibilities | | Social Responsibilities | Economic Responsibility Legal Responsibility Ethical Responsibility Environmental Responsibility Philanthropic Responsibility | Economic Responsibility Legal Responsibility Ethical Responsibility Philanthropic Responsibility | | Synchronization Concept | It clearly reflects the concept of simultaneous CSRs | It does not reflect the concept of simultaneous CSRs | | Expectations and Aspirations | It reflects the expectations and aspirations of both stakeholders and companies | It only reflects the expectations of stakeholders | | Conformity | The content of the figure matches the attached explanation | The content of the figure does not match the attached explanation | | As an Educational Model | It can be considered as an educational model. It does not cause confusion in the minds of students and beginners in the area of CSR | It may not be considered an educational model. Because it creates confusion in the minds of students and beginners in the field of CSR | | Sustainable Development | Requirements to fulfill responsibilities reflect the goals of sustainable development | Requirements to fulfill responsibilities do not comprehensively reflect the sustainable development goals, due to the neglect of environmental responsibility requirements. | | Economic Responsibility | It is defined for profit and non-profit organizations | It is only defined for for-profit organizations | | Disadvantages of the two Models | There are some obligations (corporate activities) that bear the characteristics of more than one responsibility, with no criteria for evaluating and classifying those activities to determine their affiliation. | There are some obligations (corporate activities) that bear the characteristics of more than one responsibility, with no criteria for evaluating and classifying those activities to determine their affiliation. |
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