An Investigation of Practicing Carroll’s Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries: an Example of Bangladesh Ready-made Garments

Abstract

This study has been conducted to explore the present scenario of implementing corporate social responsibility in our garment industry by using Carroll's (1991) pyramid. Garments sector is one of the most important sectors of industries in our country. Practicing CSR in this industry is very much necessary. This paper aims to investigate that what level of CSR activities are practiced by our garment industry. This study also identifies to what extend Carroll's (1991) pyramid is understood by the corporate body of our garment industry. In this regard, we take interviews of 50 garments workers and top executives from the areas of Savar, Gazipur, Ashulia and Tongi. At the end of the study, we explore the implications of these findings and suggest actions to practice CSR properly in the Bangladesh garment industry.