# Research Scholar Sarah Labowitz underscores the impact of terror attacks and unsafe working conditions on Bangladesh's appeal to businesses

1 Faculty News October 12, 2016 ![Reuters logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030503.jpg?itok=0OAgrDF0)>

Excerpt from [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-bangladesh-fire-insight-idUSKCN12C2PK?il=0) -- "'One of the risks for Bangladesh right now is that between the July terror attack, the legacy of Rana Plaza and now this (Tampaco fire), it begins to look like a non-desirable place to do business,' said [Sarah Labowitz](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/sarah-labowitz), co-head of NYU Stern's Center for Business and Human Rights. 'The government and industry really need to step up and respond.'"

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