Participate Or Else
In the article “Extortion-But for a Good Cause” by S. J Diamond she talks about schools and how fund raising can be like extortion. The article mentions 100% participation and, that's where it gets ugly. For example Diamond’s daughter attends a private school; they had set a 100% participation goal. So when Diamond had said no; the conversation between her and a school organizer was going to get ugly. One organizer from the school wasn't taking no for an answer.
The conversation between Diamond and her daughter's fundraiser organizer, had been going good up until Diamond had said no. That's when the organizer responded and said “I don't want to have to get up in front of the whole school and tell the kids they can't have their ice cream party because one family didn’t participate”. Now I don’t know what anyone else thinks, but what the organizer said sounds like extortion to me. I myself believe extortion is wrong manipulating someone to participate in something they don't want to is not ok.
When the fundraiser organizer had mentioned 100% participation I agreed everyone should participate in some way. It was what Diamond mentioned that one organizer said to her that bothered me. …show more content…
Just after Diamond said no the organizer should have responded with something more understanding rather than trying to make Diamond participate in something she didn't want to. What the organizer should have said when Diamond said no is something like “OK thank you have a nice day” that would be the professional thing to do. What i’m trying to say is that the organizer was wrong to pressure diamond into participating in the fundraiser she didn't want to participate in. On a final thought I just have one message for all people selling stuff for a fundraiser, don't use extortion as a method to getting people to buy from
In the article “Extortion-But for a Good Cause” by S. J Diamond she talks about schools and how fund raising can be like extortion. The article mentions 100% participation and, that's where it gets ugly. For example Diamond’s daughter attends a private school; they had set a 100% participation goal. So when Diamond had said no; the conversation between her and a school organizer was going to get ugly. One organizer from the school wasn't taking no for an answer.
The conversation between Diamond and her daughter's fundraiser organizer, had been going good up until Diamond had said no. That's when the organizer responded and said “I don't want to have to get up in front of the whole school and tell the kids they can't have their ice cream party because one family didn’t participate”. Now I don’t know what anyone else thinks, but what the organizer said sounds like extortion to me. I myself believe extortion is wrong manipulating someone to participate in something they don't want to is not ok.
When the fundraiser organizer had mentioned 100% participation I agreed everyone should participate in some way. It was what Diamond mentioned that one organizer said to her that bothered me. …show more content…
Just after Diamond said no the organizer should have responded with something more understanding rather than trying to make Diamond participate in something she didn't want to. What the organizer should have said when Diamond said no is something like “OK thank you have a nice day” that would be the professional thing to do. What i’m trying to say is that the organizer was wrong to pressure diamond into participating in the fundraiser she didn't want to participate in. On a final thought I just have one message for all people selling stuff for a fundraiser, don't use extortion as a method to getting people to buy from