I've heard, on multiple occasions, that Idol's approach to "talent freedom" is that management will advise talents if something is a poor idea, but will allow them to continue once they're aware of the risks.
This is a terrible philosophy.
The opposite extreme of micromanaging everything they say and do is also a problem, but the reality of the situation is most of these women are not business-minded in the slightest, and may get swept up in the moment. This shouldn't be a problem since management are there for a reason, they should be able to weigh up the interests of both the talent and the company, and give a frank reality check when needed. If a donation goal can't be fulfilled in a reasonable amount of time it shouldn't have been listed in the first place - I can understand if an indie who manages everything themselves overcommits, it's very, very easily done, but there are multiple people in the corpo who could've prevented this from becoming an issue but didn't.