CASE STUDY - FIRE IN A BANGLADESH GARMENT FACTORY.

INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED:

- What would you advise your staff to do when faced with local expectations of "payoffs" and bribery? Where would you go for guidance, either within or outside your organization. In the absence of guidance, what would you do?

- Do the International clients of Tazreen Fashions LTD have a responsibility to ensure that Tazreen employees have a safe working environment? If yes, why and if no, why not?

- Western clothing companies and retailers and international organizations developed two major responses to ensure the safety of factory workers: The "Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh" (http://www.bangladesh accord.org) and the "Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety.". Compare and contrast the Accord and the Alliance, such as for example, are there differences in enforcement mechanisms and the role of workers' representatives or unions, the brands that are signatories? What approach do you think will achieve stated goals?

- You debated globalization in Session 1 / Week 1. Which positions from the five organizations represented in The New York Times' "Room for Debate" take on this question seem the most persuasive to you? Based on the debate and on Bremmer's 'GUARDED GLOBALIZATION" would you stay in or leave this market?