# Professor Michael Posner is quoted in a story exploring the future direction of faculty safety in Bangladesh

1 Faculty News March 1, 2020 ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/world/asia/rana-plaza-bangladesh-garment-industry.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur) -- “'The Accord and Alliance were accidents of history facilitated by the scale of the Rana Plaza tragedy,' said [Michael Posner](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/michael-posner), a professor of ethics and finance at New York University’s Stern School of Business. 'Because so many companies participated, they made unprecedented improvements to factory safety.'"

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