# Prof. Michael Posner on worker safety in Bangladesh

1 Faculty News May 4, 2013 ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from [The New York Times](http://wap.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/business/factory-owners-in-bangladesh-fear-firms-will-exit.html?from=homepage) -- "[Mr. Posner](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/michael-posner) said Disney’s move — apparel represents less than a fifth of the nearly $40 billion in annual sales of its licensed products — might encourage other Western brands to leave Bangladesh. 'Now other companies feel they have a green light.'”

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