When charities let telemarketers gouge donors
- Written by Brian Mittendorf, Fisher College of Business Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Accounting & Management Information Systems (MIS), The Ohio State University
Some telemarketers retain nearly all of the charitable dollars they solicit.Gajus/Shutterstock.comOhio Attorney General Mike DeWine recently called Ohio Cops for Kids a “purported charity” when he sued the group for allegedly defrauding donors in his state.
The complaint claims that the group spent merely 2 percent of the money raised...