Thursday, June 26, 2014

Trade Secrets?

 I guess charities are competitive operations. So, in some ways I can understand the Red Cross being unwilling to document to the public how it raised and spent over $300 million after Hurricane Sandy. That's why they claimed "trade secrets" when ProPublica filed a request that the charity do just that.

The Red Cross has not been very open about its fundraising activities with regard to major drives such as Hurricane Sandy, 9/11, Katrina, Haiti, etc. They claim "the American Red Cross would suffer competitive harm because its competitors would be able to mimic the American Red Cross's business model for an increased competitive advantage."

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