Organizational CaseClaim Cited
Rana Plaza and the Bangladesh Accord
The Rana Plaza collapse exposed a garment supply chain in which commercial power traveled across borders while responsibility for building safety stopped at the factory door. The Bangladesh Accord answered with a binding brand-union agreement, independent inspections, public corrective-action plans, remediation duties, worker training, safety committees, and complaints. It changed the governance of physical safety without resolving poverty wages, freedom of association, buyer pressure, or protection beyond covered factories.
How can responsibility for worker safety be made to follow the commercial power that organizes a global supply chain?