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Deadly Incidents in Bangladeshi Apparel Industry and Illustrating the Causes and Effects of These Incidents

Received: 27 August 2017    Accepted: 22 September 2017    Published: 28 October 2017
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Abstract

The purposes of this paper are to explore the major deadly incidents of the apparel industry in Bangladesh and to illustrate the causes for these deadly incidents with the effect of these incidents. Different types of deadly incidents of the recent decade have made Bangladeshi apparel industry questionable. This paper will explore the causes of the different incidents and will show the precautionary measure of these problems of apparel industry which affected their sustainability and profitability.

DOI 10.11648/j.jfa.20170505.13
Published in Journal of Finance and Accounting (Volume 5, Issue 5, September 2017)
Page(s) 193-199
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Keywords

Major Hazard, Readymade Garments Industry, Death in Building Collapse, Building Collapse, Fire Hazards, RMG Hazards in Bangladesh, Rana Plaza, Tazreen Fashions, Apparel industry of Bangladesh

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  • Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Bangladesh

  • Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Bangladesh

  • Department of Finance, Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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    Md. Morshadul Hasan, Appel Mahmud, Md. Samiul Islam. (2017). Deadly Incidents in Bangladeshi Apparel Industry and Illustrating the Causes and Effects of These Incidents. Journal of Finance and Accounting, 5(5), 193-199. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jfa.20170505.13

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    Md. Morshadul Hasan; Appel Mahmud; Md. Samiul Islam. Deadly Incidents in Bangladeshi Apparel Industry and Illustrating the Causes and Effects of These Incidents. J. Finance Account. 2017, 5(5), 193-199. doi: 10.11648/j.jfa.20170505.13

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    Md. Morshadul Hasan, Appel Mahmud, Md. Samiul Islam. Deadly Incidents in Bangladeshi Apparel Industry and Illustrating the Causes and Effects of These Incidents. J Finance Account. 2017;5(5):193-199. doi: 10.11648/j.jfa.20170505.13

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