It started with a few cracks in the wall. But then, on April

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$$it became the worst disaster in the history of garment industry.

According to BBC News, on that day Rana Plaza garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, completely collapsed, leading to the deaths

of

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$100$

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Along with the bodies, bricks, and garments left in the rubble, questions remained about who was to blame for the tragedy. Sure,

there were obvious culprits

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$$the plaza owner, the construction company. But there were other suspects too. What about the

companies whose goods were manufactured there? As Emran Hossain and Dave Jamieson pointed out in their May

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$$Huffington Post article, garment industry insiders partially blame Western retailers for the tragedy. They claim that it is retailer

demand for low

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priced labor that creates these poorly constructed and unsafe work factories, which then leads to disasters like the

factory collapse.

The thousands of miles that separate us from tragedies like this can make them seem unrelated to our everyday lives. But what if

they are not? What if

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$$by purchasing the products these companies make, individuals such as you and me are also somewhat

responsible for what happened?

As we'll see today, there is evidence to support the idea that consumers and companies share a responsibility to ensure safer

conditions for factory workers. This is why I encourage all of you to become socially conscious consumers and help convince

companies to adopt ethical manufacturing standards. Being a socially conscious consumer means being aware of the issues

communities face worldwide and actively trying to correct them.

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