# Research by Sarah Labowitz and Dorothée Baumann-Pauly of Stern's Center for Business and Human Rights on worker safety in Bangladesh is featured

1 Faculty News December 17, 2015 ![Quartz logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_038218.gif?itok=JIQPnzXd)>

Excerpt from [Quartz](http://qz.com/577024/the-problem-in-bangladeshs-garment-industry-is-three-times-bigger-than-anyone-suspected/) -- "Fixing these problems is an enormously complex undertaking, but it’s a necessary one. Bangladesh’s garment industry has helped millions to escape poverty, and it’s not for the best if brands pull out of the country. The best solution, [Labowitz](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/sarah-labowitz) and Baumann-Pauly write, is 'shared responsibility,' in which all parties acknowledge the scope of the problem, allow space for honest discussion, and act together to fix it."

[Read more](http://qz.com/577024/the-problem-in-bangladeshs-garment-industry-is-three-times-bigger-than-anyone-suspected/)

Additional coverage appeared on [Refinery29](http://www.refinery29.com/2015/12/99758/bangladesh-factory-nyu-report) and [Yahoo News](http://news.yahoo.com/millions-bangladesh-garment-workers-still-face-unsafe-conditions-125420068.html).