# Research from the Center for Business and Human Rights is cited

1 School News April 22, 2014 ![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://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/22/business/international/battling-for-a-safer-bangladesh.html?ref=business&_r=0) -- "A study released on Monday by New York University’s Stern School of Business showed how hard \[it is to improve garment working conditions\]. It said that a major problem with the accord and the alliance was that while they will inspect 2,000 of Bangladesh’s more than 5,000 apparel factories, the more than 3,000 others generally have worse conditions — and middlemen often secretly send them orders from Western brands."

[Read more](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/22/business/international/battling-for-a-safer-bangladesh.html?ref=business&_r=0)

Additional coverage appeared on [CNBC](http://www.cnbc.com/id/101600463).