Employee fundraising 'shouldn't be used to bolster corporate giving total'

By Paul Jump, Third Sector Online, 17 April 2007

Almost two thirds of people think companies should not declare money raised by their employees or donated by their customers or suppliers as part of their own corporate social responsibility contribution, according to a survey by the Directory of Social Change.

The poll of 541 subscribers to the DSC’s e-news service also showed that 69 per cent object to companies valuing ‘in kind’ donations at full price, rather than their net cost to the company. Sixty per cent of respondents said companies should not count money raised by their employees, while...