"Companies' supply chains...source from developing countries, many of whom have lax -- if they exist at all -- government standards and regulations and an inability to enforce rules. In terms of gross domestic product, companies have now surpassed some countries...Western consumers demand more and more goods at lower and lower costs...However the expectations that companies operate in society’s best interest have never been higher...There are real business costs to the company when workers die and factories are shut down...It is simply unacceptable that many corporations respond to these tragedies with passive statements along the lines of 'We were unaware.'...Indeed, the only responsible answer to a tragedy like the recent fire at Tazreen Fashions in Bangladesh is 'We should have been aware, we are sympathetic to the loss of life, and here is our plan to mitigate such disaster moving forward.' ...Earlier this fall Gap, Inc. introduced such a plan, its Four-Part Fire Safety Action Plan...Responding early, accepting responsibly, developing an action plan and urging industry collaboration is the only way that companies will escape further loss of life and accidents in their supply chain." (also refers to Apple, Nike, Tazreen Fashions [part of Tuba Group])