“Glastonbury Festival Donation” Policy Versus Theory
The Glastonbury Festival indicates that the majority of the festival profits would be donated to different charity. Deducted the entire dispose all the rubbish fee during the event, the profit will mainly contributed to Oxfam, Greenpeace and WaterAid, to assist the relatively people to improve their residence and sanitation (Digital, 2017). As well as these three beneficiaries, the festival also dedicates to support the local schools and sports groups, for example, the Butleigh Primary School, Horrington School Association and Shepton Mallet Football Club (Glastonbury Festival, 2017).
Regarding to the CSR policy, this policy fulfills the ethical responsibility. Since most of the festival organizer aims to earn and maximize profit, and the establisher does not has any responsibility to support the charity in reality. However, the festival organizer Michael Eavis on the contrary just takes modest salary and donates the remaining profit to the local charity (Events-insurance.co.uk, 2014). This action can be defined as the code of ethics and fulfill the ethical responsibility in the economic pillar.
“Glastonbury Festival Donation” Policy Versus Practices
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Over the past three years, £3.75 million have contributed to the charity. In the last year, the total donations exceed to £6 million, which reflect that this policy is under an unprecedented successful (Glastonbury Festival, 2017). However, in 2015, due to it cost £780,000 to handle the entire disposes of the rubbish fee during the event, which means £780,000 less to the charity. With this amount, it can benefit 52,000 people to improve their quality of life (Digital, 2017). Therefore, this also reflects that the previous policy, “Limit what you bring, and clean up behind you” policy needs to well implement so as to reduce the percentage of waste, or else it will affect the practices of this policy as
During the fundraising they raise money so that they could provide funding for goals. They aim to make changes and improve the lives of those that are struggling with cardiovascular disease. For this to be done the British Heart Foundation needs to raise the money that could enable them into having the right funding, providing them with the right service for their cause. However, their funding doesn’t only come from events they also sell seconds hand products which is donated. The goods they sell is also affordable to their customers, for instance, TV cost £25 and wardrobes cost
By taking a look at the donations from such an angle, these countries generosity can be said to take a drastic dive when compared to their other expenses. One could say that these governments care more about their transport system, for example, than they do about the millions of lives that they could affect with such money (Singer). However, in realistic terms, especially from an economic point of view, it is essential that a government participates in projects that will bring back financial returns in a proposal to provide a healthier, stable economy from which they can operate.... ... middle of paper ... ...
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