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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Friday, November 25, 2011
Thanks Giving
Yesterday I donated a little to some charities that are important to me. I'm not saying this for praise or recognition, but rather because it brought up some questions...
For one, let's just say I donated to a non-profit whose mission is research, and proposedly development of a cure, vaccine, or at least a medical protocol to increase standard of living or life expectancy. My question is then, what if they find a cure or vaccine or a medical protocol? Who pays for the treatments? Notice that this not a drug company and as a non-profit it isn't meant to make, well, profit, but of course there are costs incurred beyond the R&D... So, what happens if one of these companies is ultimately "successful"? Who overseas the use of donor funds or how the treatments are administered?
And, not-for-profit doesn't mean that a company doesn't make money. It still has employees and management and executives who need to be compensated. So, isn't this a dilemma? If a companies mission is to develop a cure for something and it achieves this mission doesn't it put itself out of business? Isn't this about as clear a conflict of interest as anything has ever been?
I write this with hesitation. I certainly hope people donate to causes they believe in and I don't mean to shine unfavorable light on any organization which is out to do good. Rather, I'm simply looking to ask the right questions.
For one, let's just say I donated to a non-profit whose mission is research, and proposedly development of a cure, vaccine, or at least a medical protocol to increase standard of living or life expectancy. My question is then, what if they find a cure or vaccine or a medical protocol? Who pays for the treatments? Notice that this not a drug company and as a non-profit it isn't meant to make, well, profit, but of course there are costs incurred beyond the R&D... So, what happens if one of these companies is ultimately "successful"? Who overseas the use of donor funds or how the treatments are administered?
And, not-for-profit doesn't mean that a company doesn't make money. It still has employees and management and executives who need to be compensated. So, isn't this a dilemma? If a companies mission is to develop a cure for something and it achieves this mission doesn't it put itself out of business? Isn't this about as clear a conflict of interest as anything has ever been?
I write this with hesitation. I certainly hope people donate to causes they believe in and I don't mean to shine unfavorable light on any organization which is out to do good. Rather, I'm simply looking to ask the right questions.
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