Persuasion Speech on Charity

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Charity Frauds Persuasive Speech Imagine yourself giving money to a charitable organization for the needy out of the kindness of your heart. You feel proud and good about yourself knowing that you are helping a fellow human being and he or she will have something to survive off of. Now imagine yourself seeing that person who you expected to feed empty handed. This is the result of one of the many heinous acts of humanity, charity fraud. Many of us don’t realize that it is partially our fault for not investigating these organizations and not taking initiative or interest of where our money goes. These frauds are simply due to greed of and organizations not having proper HR’s or inspectors. It is human nature to want more than we already have. It is the very instinct that keeps our desires complete. It is sometimes what makes us so similar to animals. The constant greed and engulfment of materialistic desires makes us no different to animals that tend to have no sense of morals or ethics. Many charitable organizations seem to move away from their sense of moderation and empathy. They succumb to desires that require no effort and commit one of the lowest crimes of all time, stealing from the poor who have nothing. Corporations get a hold of charity events and certain individuals use that as an opportunity to gain personal money for their own pockets. According to the Huffington Post, chief executive Dennis Grant was jailed for charity fraud due the simple infatuation with greed and succumbing to his worldly desires. He spent his money on expensive cars and houses. Greed is clearly the cause of these charity frauds and one must realize that it is human nature to fall into greed. It is human nature for people like Dennis to fall into the trenches of greed when money like that is so easy to attain. Many people also seem to play the victim in this scam as

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