MDZ2 said:Before I start, I must first admit that I have not gone past more than 10 pages of this post so I will first apologise if I inadvertantly parrot anyone
I believe that alot of people are up in arms on this issue because NKF is a charity organisation and not a business one and that the money 'earned' is not exactly earned, but donated.
I feel the need to put this in perspective. All things being equal and with all charity organisations in singapore not actively promoting their organisation, would they all 'earn' equally.
I am sure that most are in agreement that they more or less would. If this is the case, then we would be hard pressed to find a reason why NKF is getting the lions share of the donation pie, other than that it is doing something more to attract these donation (which actually means that they are earning it). In that case, it wouldn't be far fetched to say that the NKF business model is in fact a success and that there is as little to fault the management of this organisation as there is with any other successful business organisation, including the disbersment of monies to its employees.
So how NKF calculates its staff pay or bonuses should be their own decision (we can only hope that they do it with a sense of moral integrity), as with the case of how our cabinet and prime ministers' pay are calculated, since there is no tangible way to calculate profits in these cases.
If say, one day, NKF BOD is suddently imbued with a conscience and decides to issue a company directive that all staff would be paid an allowance rather than a salary that is deemed acceptable for a charity organisation. Would our reaction be that of outrage when we read of mass resignation or would we read with empathy?
The sad truth is that the people who donated to this organisation are as much to blame. We have become so busy that the only time we donate is when we are approached or when it is convenient or, sadly, when there is something to gain eg. car/condo.
At the end of the day, I guess we should accept the way this organisation is run if we continue to support it or we should just sponsor other organisation and let things take its natural course, much like any loss making company. Of course, if there is no other organisation able to absorb the work of NKF, then the ones who ultimately suffer will be the benificiaries.
well. . . . .just a thought.
an analogy:
a beggar on the street approaches you and says that he is very poor and needs money badly to feed his family of 10. out of pity, you give him $20, thinking that each of his 10 children will have $2 for a meal that day. but you are interested to see what happens next. so, you secretly follow the beggar, only to discover to your disgust that he is not only able-bodied, but went to the nearest pub and spent $10 without batting an eyelid on getting himself drunk on the most expensive beer in the house. after that, the beggar went back to his street corner to tell his sob story to another passer-by.
