# Prof. Michael Posner on the Bangladesh safety agreement signed by European retailers

1 Faculty News May 14, 2013 ![Reuters logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030503.jpg?itok=0OAgrDF0)>

Excerpt from [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/15/bangladesh-retailers-northamerica-idUSL2N0DW00620130515) -- "[Mike Posner](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/michael-posner), a professor of business and human rights at New York University's Stern School of Business, in an email said agreement to a legally binding accord by major European retailers has put U.S. retailers under pressure. 'The onus is now on American brands to step up to the plate,' he said."

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