Corporate Crime Example: Rana Plaza | A Level Sociology | Crime & Deviance

welcome to this T to you sociology topic video on crime and deviant in this video we're going to look at corporate crimes and the ra Plaza Factory collapse the Rana Plaza Factory collapse in Bangladesh which occurred on April 24th 2013 is one of the deadliest industrial disasters in history over 1,100 people died and more than 2,500 were injured

when the 8-story building housing garment factories a bank and shops collapsed the tragedy revealed widespread corporate negligence unsafe working conditions and a prioritization of profit over human life from a sociological perspective This Disaster qualifies as a corporate crime as it involved the unethical and unlawful actions of companies that resulted in significant harm to

workers Rana Plaza located in Savar near Dhaka hous several garment factories that produce clothing for well-known Global brands on the day before the collapse workers notic cracks in the building and rais concerns despite this Factory owners and supervisors forced employees to return to work threatening them with job losses or withheld wages the building not originally

designed to support the heavy machinery used in garment production was structurally unsound and failed under the stress of its overloaded upper floors the collapse exposed not only the unsafe practices of factory owners but but also the negligence of multinational companies that Outsource production to these factories without ensuring proper safety standards it highlighted systematic

exploitation within the global supply chain where corporate profits often take precedence over workers safety and rights but why is it a corporate crime well corporate crime refers to illegal or unethical actions committed by corporations or individuals within them to benefit the organization often at the expense of workers consumers or Society at large the r Plaza collapse fits this