ASSESMENT BHOPAL DISASTER CASE STUDY BHOPAL DISASTER CASE STUDY Table of contents 1-List of figures 2 2-Difficulty of this case study 3 3-Introduction 5 4-The prevent condition 7 5-What is Methyl Isocyanate 9 6-Effects of exposing to the gas 10 6.1 –Side effects of inhaling Methyl Isocyanate 10 6.2-Sociactal effects
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The Bhopal disaster‚ also referred to as the Bhopal gas tragedy‚ was a gas leak incident in India‚ considered the world’s worst industrial disaster.[1] It occurred on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal‚ Madhya Pradesh. Over 500‚000 people were exposed tomethyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals. The toxic substance made its way in and around the shantytowns located near the plant.[2] Estimates vary on the death toll. The official immediate
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BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY By URJIT ZAVERI 14BLS119 On the night of December 2‚ 1984 forty one metric tons of methyl isocyanate also known as MIC was released from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal. After one year of this incident almost 1800 people dies in this disaster and 320‚000 people had been affected by it. By 1991‚around 4000 people dies because of the gas in their body. Union carbide was a U.S company that started manufacturing pesticides in Bhopal‚ India. The valve malfunctioned on the 2nd December
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After the Bhopal gas disaster in 1984‚ the Indian legislation governing safety and environment underwent significant changes.Specifically‚the factories Act was amended to assign the responsibility of the “occupier”‚who is legally responsible for the safety of the workplace and workers‚to the highest level of management in an organization. For a company this meant that one of the directors on the board had to be designated as “occupier”.The Environmental legislation also underwent changes ‚with the
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Q1} The bhopal gas tragedy is a catastrophe that has no parallel in industrial history. Bring out the ethical issues involved in the case. do you think the GOI and the madhya pradesh government were equally responsible for the disaster ? explain with reasons. Ans 1]} In 1985 the Indian government enacted the Bhopal Claims Act and took away from victims the right to represent them and vested itself with the exclusive right to represent victims. In return for a modest and arbitrarily determined
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BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY Presented by Swati Sudhakaran Background of Union Carbide India Ltd (UCIL) • UCIL‚ built in 1969‚ which was the Indian subsidiary of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC)‚ UCIL was owned 51% by Union Carbide Corporation and 49% of Indian investors which include Indian Government controlled banks and the Indian public holdings. In an attempt to achieve industrial self-sufficiency‚ India invited Union Carbide to set up a plant in the state of Madhya Pradesh to produce Methyl Iso
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Case Summary modern industry. Both believed that only a mixed economy‚ in which state-owned enterprises operated the major sectors of the economy and private enterprise guided by considerable government regulation to protect workers and the general public‚ would successfully meet the economic challenges facing the country. In India‚ steel making‚ railways‚ shipping‚ aviation‚ and electrical power generation were the most prominent industries dominated by state-owned firms; the nascent Indian chemical
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lead to a gas leak in Bhopal‚ India that is referred to as the “Bhopal Gas Tragedy.” This gas leak is commonly referred to as one of the worst industrial disasters in history. The gas leak was at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) chemical plant in Bhopal‚ India. This chemical plant produced Sevin which is a pesticide that was commonly used throughout Asia [12]. Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) owned a little more than half the shares of the UCIL company at the time of the gas leak. The gas leak created
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The Bhopal disaster‚ also referred to as the Bhopal gas tragedy‚ was a gas leak incident in India‚ considered the world’s worst industrial disaster.[1] It occurred on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal‚ Madhya Pradesh. Over 500‚000 people were exposed to methyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals. The toxic substance made its way in and around the shanty towns located near the plant.[2] Estimates vary on the death toll. The official immediate
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CASE STUDIES: BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY AND ITS ETHICAL ISSUES SUMMARY Bhopal Gas Tragedy was a gas leak incident in India‚ considered one of the world’s worst industrial catastrophes. It occurred on the night of the last year of 1984 at the Bhopal Union Carbide Corporation (Union Carbide India Limited – UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal‚ Madhya Pradesh‚ India. A leak of methyl isocyanides gas and other chemicals from the plant resulted in the exposure of hundreds of thousands of people. It also causes
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