Pyramidal model of corporate social responsibility (CSR) was proposed by Archie B. Carroll. This model provides four different components of CSR these components are economic, legal, ethical and philanthropic. He defined all the components very intellectually in the model and discussed every component in terms of business responsibility towards society and community. Most of the studies social responsibility focuses on the social aspect of CSR but no study has been done which relates to economic, legal, ethical & philanthropic perspectives. Some studies have empirically explained the different Carrolls’ components of CSR but not in Indian context. It was observed in the exhaustive literature review that many works has been done on Carroll’s CSR theory but specific to four industries i.e. leather, chemical, automobile and defense has not been done in a comparative manner. So, this paper tries to critically analyze the CSR pyramid specific to the Indian manufacturing sector companies of Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) region

Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, CSR Pyramid, CSR Components, and Philanthropy