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Originally Posted by Pavan
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Originally Posted by Joe Matt
Phillip-Morris wanted to give out money to Richmond, VA teams. Should we have taken it?
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Yes. Phillip-Morris owns Kraft under the Altria Group. Just let them know that you will have an Altria Group logo rather than Phillip-Morris logo. That way you are promoting Kraft and Nabisco. |
Let me suggest that this might not be the way to go. In the example, it is Phillip-Morris (or, to keep track with the body of the thread, Microsoft) that is making the donation to the team. The donation is not coming from Altria - or Kraft, or Nabisco. They are not interchangeable.
If the team has made the decision that is it within their ethical standards to accept a donation from a cigarette manufacturer, then they should be willing to declare so publicly. To try to substitute donor identities seems to say "we are not too ashamed to take your money, but we are ashamed to be publicly connected to you." That would call the ethical integrity of the team into question. To then take the additional step of saying "we are going to tell everyone that a different organization made the donation" would smack of dishonesty.
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Originally Posted by Tim Delles
Heck what about NASA... they sponsor the MOST teams in first, and have a regional. are they taking over?
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Actually, six regionals this year, but who is counting?
-dave