Donation...or extortion?
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Recently, I've received a donation card from a specific organisation I'm working for. The card is for a charity group. It's one of those cards where you ask your family members or friends for donation and they'll write down their names on the card.
Fair enough. But the problem is, the authorities of this organisation I'm working for actually demanded that we raise an amount of at least $XX...about 3% of my raw monthly pay.
Furthermore, we were told of little about this charity group we are supposedly helping. We don't know what this charity group does, who they help, what they'll do with our money and how our monies will be handled by them. We know too little about this charity group to sensibly help them.
This brings about the question of whether or not this organisation is actually sincere in doing charity work, or do they just want to show off to others that they are able to raise a specific amount of money from their charitable workers for good causes.
And people who received a lot of such cards (especially in schools) will probably know that the majority of these raised sum come from ourselves rather than our friends or parents, especially if we're working.
I could talk at length about this, but decided I should probably stop here and let you decide if such practice is morally right or wrong (basically I don't even know if it's legally right or wrong to ask for a minimum of specific amounts in the card).
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I feel that unless the charity organization is named, and is of a decent reputation that genuinely seeks to help those in need, its a blatant scam.
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u can run a check with www.nvpc.org.sg or ask them to investigate
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Oh those cards. Hated those cards. Always say MUST raise this amount ah!! Otherwise have to top up from ownself. Stewpid max. Call police ah!
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Well, they have no rights to ask you top up... last time in school they also do this... I tell them to go screw themselves...
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ns they also hand u a card to 'donate' to AHM...knn...govt. extortion...
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only one organisation would do that to their "employees"".
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minimum 12 bucks.
wth.
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we get one hundred they take back 99 nin nar bui..
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check with ncss. can check at their website.
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Originally posted by annoy-you-must:
Recently, I've received a donation card from a specific organisation I'm working for. The card is for a charity group. It's one of those cards where you ask your family members or friends for donation and they'll write down their names on the card.
Fair enough. But the problem is, the authorities of this organisation I'm working for actually demanded that we raise an amount of at least $XX...about 3% of my raw monthly pay.
Furthermore, we were told of little about this charity group we are supposedly helping. We don't know what this charity group does, who they help, what they'll do with our money and how our monies will be handled by them. We know too little about this charity group to sensibly help them.
This brings about the question of whether or not this organisation is actually sincere in doing charity work, or do they just want to show off to others that they are able to raise a specific amount of money from their charitable workers for good causes.
And people who received a lot of such cards (especially in schools) will probably know that the majority of these raised sum come from ourselves rather than our friends or parents, especially if we're working.
I could talk at length about this, but decided I should probably stop here and let you decide if such practice is morally right or wrong (basically I don't even know if it's legally right or wrong to ask for a minimum of specific amounts in the card).
you must be a civil servant .....
cos only goverment organizations can do something like this and get away with it ....
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Giant staff at IMM made me pay 10cents on bring your own bag day.
officially it says 'donate' 10 cents if you need a plastic bag but the staff insist i pay the 10 cents.
when i question the staff about the word 'donate', it seems like that kaling dont know english.
in the end, i decide not to buy anything.
is there anyway i can get giant's management to comment on this stupid bring your own bag day campaign and the word 'donate'?
i really hate bring your own bag day campaign. such an inconvenience for shoppers
I suggest to boycott all shops participating in the campaign
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woah..
same organisation i think..
cos ur situation and mine same..
anw at the btm of the card got write the charity for wat organisation wat.
they say dun have enough will kena confine rite?
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You have the choice to refuse to donate
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gahmen service or not, can don't donate one.
methinks the TS's superior was giving out his/her own instructions so that he/she can look good in front of management later on based on the amount raised.
school principals have been known to pressure teachers not to accept empty donation cards from their students
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i also work in charity organisation, recently we got fund raising
campaign & we staff got to sell those coupons
coupons not sold can be returned, my colleagues fell bad for not selling any,
she want to buy from her own pockets, told her don't bother cos we nvr indicate
those staff names who can't sell in the return list
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Originally posted by JerryYan:
i also work in charity organisation, recently we got fund raising
campaign & we staff got to sell those coupons
coupons not sold can be returned, my colleagues fell bad for not selling any,
she want to buy from her own pockets, told her don't bother cos we nvr indicate
those staff names who can't sell in the return list
what coupons?? parking coupons?? Selling need tactics, if you ask us XMM go, 1 hours all sold out liao. Uncles all buy. -
if u want to donate, just donate, if u dun wan, just dun donate lor. Dun have to feel bad about it ya.
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Originally posted by angel7030:
what coupons?? parking coupons?? Selling need tactics, if you ask us XMM go, 1 hours all sold out liao. Uncles all buy.
u experience before ya? -
Originally posted by playboy_1985:
u experience before ya?
Yes, i send back the postcards, i dun donate to organisation i am not clear about it. And as for extortion, unless someone put a gun on your head, then it is call extortion, otherwise, it is not extortion. -
Not only u, last year my school flagday also say must collect 3/4 can........
so just exchange $2 into 1 cents and put inside.
those card also the same, like some cca also say must collect untill a certain amount
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Originally posted by angel7030:
Yes, i send back the postcards, i dun donate to organisation i am not clear about it. And as for extortion, unless someone put a gun on your head, then it is call extortion, otherwise, it is not extortion.Law. the crime of obtaining money or some other thing of value by the abuse of one's office or authority.
oppressive or illegal exaction, as of excessive price or interest: the extortions of usurers.
this is the definations of dictionary.com. so no need point gun to head lah..very scary lehz gun..
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Originally posted by domonkassyu:
Law. the crime of obtaining money or some other thing of value by the abuse of one's office or authority.
oppressive or illegal exaction, as of excessive price or interest: the extortions of usurers.
this is the definations of dictionary.com. so no need point gun to head lah..very scary lehz gun..
i am just quoting as an example, u think i dunno meh??
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Originally posted by angel7030:
i am just quoting as an example, u think i dunno meh??
hehe..i knw ar.. -
u r obliged to your org or school or company.....too bad. if not these cards got only 1 resting place - dustbin
