Practice question · Match the pairs
Match each thinker or framework to its claim.
- Friedman
- Freeman
- Carroll
- Elkington
- Four responsibilities stacked as a pyramid
- People, planet, profit, the triple bottom line
- The social responsibility of business is its profits
- Manage the whole web of stakeholders
Hints
- The four positions range from profit purism to the triple ledger.
- One insists the only responsibility is to the owners.
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- Friedman → The social responsibility of business is its profits
- Freeman → Manage the whole web of stakeholders
- Carroll → Four responsibilities stacked as a pyramid
- Elkington → People, planet, profit, the triple bottom line
Why
The debate’s four corners: profit purism, relationship management, the layered pyramid, and the triple ledger.
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