died slowly 120‚000 still suffering (15-20 die each month) 1000 animals killed and 7000 injured http://www.bhopal.org/whathappened.html Aftermath Immediate – one view • UCC tries to shift blame on UCIL‚ sabotage etc • UCC refuses to provide chemical composition of gas or suggest proper medical treatment • Multi-billion dollar lawsuit filed in US courts by American attorneys (Dec 7) 1985 • Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster Act – GOI set up as sole representative of Bhopal victims • All cases transferred
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the forward looking statements. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to materially differ from those in the forward looking statements is contained in the Securities and Exchange Commission filings on the Company and at the end of this presentation. © 2013 Corning Incorporated 2 1 Enabling healthier lives Environmental Technologies Life Sciences Emissions-control solutions Research & bioprocessing solutions © 2013 Corning Incorporated
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A Reaction of the Bhopal Case This reaction paper is based on the ethics case: Bhopal-Union Carbide. First‚ I discuss an overview of the case. Second‚ I relate the case to principles discussed in class. Third‚ I evaluate the various points raised in class and present my point of view. Overview of the case In December 1984‚ the pesticide producing plant‚ Union Carbide‚ leaked methyl isocyanate gas in Bhopal‚ India. A substance that accidently entered the methyl isocyanate storage unit caused the
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channels‚ and designing the advertising and promotional materials for industrial companies that have developed ”off-shoot” consumer products. You obviously serve a very specific niche. Your clients are industrial companies- that is‚ they sell primarily to other manufacturing firms and government agencies- that have developed- as unintended outcomes of their R&D programs- products for the retail trade. Dow Chemical Company‚ while not a client of your agency‚ is an almost ideal example of this type
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Dow Chemical - Business Analysis Part 2 Cherry Fugate-Lange Management 521 June 7‚ 2012 Dr. Albert Smothers Dow Chemical - Business Analysis Part 2 Historically‚ the chemical industry has operated in a competitive environment‚ which is not anticipated to change. Dow experiences significant competitions in each of its operating segments as well as in each of the geographic areas in which it operates. Dow competes globally on the foundation of quality‚ technology‚ price‚ and customer service
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Strategic Management Chapter 6 – Questions 1. Plot the position of the following companies on figure 6.3 and justify your answer: * Procter & Gamble: P&G sells more that 300 brands to consumers in more that 150 countries and therefore faces strong pressures for local responsiveness as different countries and cultures prefer different cleaning materials for example. P&G also faces pressures for cost reduction due to the large number of competitors in that sphere of the market
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Bibliography: * Boundy‚ Ray H.; Amos‚ J. Lawrence (1990). A History of the Dow Chemical Physics Lab. New York: Marcel Dekker‚ Inc.. pp. 117–128. * Klamt‚ Andreas (2005). COSMO-RS: From Quantum Chemistry to Fluid Phase Thermodynamics and Drug Design * ‚ Robert H.; Allen‚ Dell K.; Alting‚ Leo (1994). Manufacturing Processes Reference
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instantly killed more than 3‚000 people and left thousands injured and affected for life‚ occurred when water entered Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) storage tank No. 610 of the plant on December 3‚ 1984. MIC is one of the deadliest gases produced in the chemical industry and is known to react violently when it comes into contact with water or metal dust. Though the plant was closed down soon‚ the after-effects of the accident left an estimated 25‚000 people dead and around 600‚000 people affected due to
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Law is due to the fact that this involves a large-scale environmental pollution accident and the legal difficulties in international prosecution laws‚ extradition treaties and non-uniform regulations across countries which could be exploited by companies. This paper‚ as the title suggests examines the social‚ environmental‚ legal and economic aspects of this evolving tragedy. History of the Accident However tragic the circumstances turned out to be‚ the opening of the pesticide plant in Bhopal was
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Styrofoam is everywhere--- at home‚ in school canteens‚ fast food chains‚ factories‚ offices‚ shipping ports‚ buildings and manufacturing companies. Every time you’ll eat Jolly Spaghetti or even drink hot or cold water in water dispensers‚ we can see Styrofoam. But did you ever know that the term “Styrofoam” is a proper noun? It is the trademark of Dow Chemical Company for their invention of a closed-cell extruded polystyrene foam ‚ or Styrofoam‚ used for craft and construction applications‚ packaging
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