# Research Scholar Sarah Labowitz on the challenges of improving factory safety in Bangladesh

1 Faculty News July 24, 2014 ![Quartz logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_038218.gif?itok=JIQPnzXd)>

Excerpt from [Quartz](http://qz.com/238614/factory-safety-is-improving-in-bangladesh-but-it-still-takes-three-months-to-get-a-new-fire-door/) -- "'It’s a reflection of the fact that Bangladesh is at the beginning of the chain for manufacturing.' said [Sarah Labowitz](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/sarah-labowitz), a research scholar on business and human rights at NYU Stern School of Business, and a co-author of Stern’s report on supply chains and sourcing after Rana Plaza (pdf)."

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