2.0. Overview on Tazreen Garment:

Tazreen fashion opened in 2009. It employed 1,630 workers and produced T-shirts, polo shirts and jackets for various companies and organizations. These included the US Marines, the Dutch company C&A, the American company Walmart and the Hong Kong based company Li & Fung. The factory is part of The Tuba group which is a major exporter of garments from Bangladesh into the U.S., Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands, whose major clients include Walmart, Carrefour and IKEA.
Tazreen factory was flagged in May 2011 with an "orange" grade by a Walmart ethical sourcing official for "violations and/or conditions which were deemed to be high risk". The notice said that any factory receiving three "orange" grade assessments in a two year time period would not receive Walmart orders for one year. The orange rating was the first the company had received,and was followed by a "yellow" medium risk rating the next August, which pertained to the factory where the fire occurred. Tazreen would not agree to pay the higher cost, as such improvements in electrical and fire safety would be a "very extensive and costly modification" and that "it is not financially feasible for the brands to make such investments”.

3.0. Tazreen Fire Accident:

On 24 November 2012, in the Tazreen Fashion factory in the Ashulia district on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. At least 117 people were confirmed dead in the fire, and over 200 were injured, making it the deadliest factory fire in the nation's history. The fire, presumably caused by a short circuit, started on the ground floor of the nine-story factory, trapping the workers on the floors above. Because of the large amount of fabric and yarn in the factory, the fire was able to quickly spread to other floors, complicating the firefighting operations. The fire burned for more than seventeen hours before the firefighters were successful in extinguishing it. Most of the victims were found on the second floor, where at least 69 bodies were recovered. Twelve of the victims died leaping from windows in order to escape the flames, some of which died of those attained injuries after being taken to area hospitals. Some lucky workers who had been able to escaped to the roof of the building were successfully rescued. the building's three staircases, all three led through the ground floor, making them extremely dangerous and unusable in the case of the ground floor fire. This left many workers trapped and unable to get safely out of the course of the fire. However, this not ends. The table shows series of industrial disasters of Bangladesh garment in last 4 years.

3.1. Reasons behind the Tazreen Fire:

1. The fire safety certificate had expired in June, 2012. 2. Padlocking exits and preventing workers from leaving the building. 3. The fire alarm had gone out of order. 4. Factory storage was on 1st floor where the fire occurred, and trapped the workers on floors above. 5. To reduce the cost they did not take any safety measure. 6. The workers and the management did not have any fire related training.
4.0. Ethical Issues Related with Tazreen Factory:

The ethical issues related with Tazreen fashion factory disaster are given bellow:
4.1. Utilitarianism:

Utilitarianism holds that actions and policies should be evaluated on the basis of the benefits and costs they will impose on society. To reduce the cost, Tazreen Fashion would not agree to pay the higher cost, as such improvements in electrical and fire safety. Tazreen fashion said that it could be very extensive and costly modification. While calculating the cost the company forgoes the other cost, related with safety purpose, which cannot be measured that was life of a worker, health hazard of the workers. Money is an instrument; we cannot calculate everything in money. But Tazreen Fashion failed to understand the risk related with their financial decision.

4.2. Rights:
A right is an individual’s entitlement to something. A person has a right when that person is entitled to act in a certain way or is entitled to have others act in a certain way toward him or her. The entitlement may drive from * Legal right: the entitlement may drive from legal system that permits or empowers the person to act in a specified way or that requires others to act in certain ways toward that person. Tazreen Fashion violated the legal right of the workers by not paying their wages on demand. According to the labor law of Bangladesh worker should be paid at least 50$ and at the beginning of the month. But Workers of Tazreen Factory are the cheapest workers of the world, who bring 78% foreign currency as export income in year, who worked dawn to dusk only with the minimum wage of BDT 3000 taka (near abou $ 37). Moreover, Tazreen Fashion failed to pay the wages of worker on time, the company also refused to pay the victims of the fire accident. According to the news paper of Dhaka Tribune on 03:23 august 5, 2014 “At least 1,200 workers from five factories under the Tuba Group have been on a hunger strike for eight consecutive days demanding the payment of three months’ wages, overtime and Eid bonuses”. The five factories under the Tuba Group are Tuba Fashion, Tazreen Fashion, Mita Design, Taif Design and Bughsan Garments. The group needs around Tk4.13 crore to pay the entire outstanding amount to the workers.

* Moral right or human right: entitlements can also derive from a system of moral standards. These rights are based on moral norms and principle that specifies that all human beings are permitted or empowered to do something or are entitled to have something done for them. Tazreen fashin violated the human right by not giving the the safety security to workers. In 2012, 24th November Fire broke out at Tajreen Fashion garment in Bangladesh and killed 124 workers, the cheapest labor in the world. Many couldn’t find their relatives because most of the bodies were charred, like coal, or were only skeletons so they had nothing to recognize. The cheapest workers of Bangladesh have become cheapest lives also for the factory owners, state and buyers. Workers of Tazreen Factory have no proper minimum wage and life safety in an unsecured working place. Workers were locked behind the Iron Gate and did not get any escape from the fire. Nobody knows the real number of victims. Many are still missing but their bodies not found. They were turned into ashes.

According to the BBC Nwes on 22 December 2013 “The disasters shone a light on the poor safety standards of Bangladesh's clothing industry and the shocking working conditions of many of its workers”. Two years has now passed since the deadly Tazreen factory fire. The fact that, the victims remain uncompensated for their losses. The families of the deceased thus far have received nominal assistance from the BGMEA. With the exception of one brand (C&A), none of the global buyers who were producing clothing in Tazreen have delivered on their promised compensation to either the victims’ families or the survivors.