Archie B. Carroll is professor emeritus in the Terry College of Business, University of Georgia, where he continues to serve as (part-time) director of the Nonprofit Management and Community Service Program. Dr. Carroll has conducted research on the subject of corporate social responsibility for decades.

He is the senior co-author, with Ann K. Buchholtz, of Business and Society: Ethics, Sustainability, and Stakeholder Management, 8th Edition, 2012. Dr. Carroll is a Fellow of the Academy of Management, former chair of the Social Issues in Management Division of the Academy of Management and former president of the Society for Business Ethics.

He received his three academic degrees from the College of Business, Florida State University.