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 environmental issues such as pollution of soil and water. The gas leak in India was caused by bad maintenance and failure of several safety systems to cut
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“Piggy-back problems”: problems that are ‘stowaways’ on other problems like toxins and pollutants related to pesticides. International Inequalities - “the proletariat of the global risk society settles beneath the smokestacks‚ next to refineries and chemical factories” - Hazardous industries have been transferred to low-wage countries of third world status. - There is no coincidence
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were not afforded the same luxury. This double standard was mainly due to the Indian managers ’ intellectual cowardice and conformity. They did not want to “cause a panic” by setting these precautions in place for the local populace. The parent company‚ Union Carbide‚ also exhibited socio-centric thinking. They were concerned for their own profit margins at the expense of the safety of their workers and the people who lived in the shanty-town around the plant. The management in the plant also exhibited
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Pollution is one of the main problems the world faces today. One of the reasons is the overload of non-biodegradable objects like plastics‚ cans and Styrofoam. The invention of plastics and Styrofoam made a huge change in our society and it helped us in many ways. But it is also one of the main pollutants that destroy our planet. Because of these we devised a way to recycle used Styrofoam‚ and this is to make glue out of it. This glue can help reduce the number of Styrofoam
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Student ID: 15672856 PROCUREMENT PERFORMANCE AND VALUE MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION To realize the success of a project‚ the value must be attained through the core objectives and goals of the project to the stakeholders. This could be achieved by using the right processes throughout the project life cycle. VALUE MANAGEMENT Value Management (VM) is a well structured or established process that is used for defining and maximizing value of money (OCG‚ 2007 p.3). It is applicable to all sort of projects
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Introduction The project provides Dow Chemical with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become the leading petrochemical company in Argentina as well as in Latin America. In addition‚ the petrochemical sector in Argentina is also an oligopoly‚ posing a low business risk for this project. 1.1 Key advantages of the Bahia Blanca petrochemical pole • The PBB cracker is gas-based making it less costly to operate as compared to a naphtha-based cracker; • There is an excess demand for Polyethylene
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BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY By: Jessica Turakhia Roll No: 7 The Bhopal Gas Tragedy is considered the world’s worst‚ industrial catastrophe‚ and 28 years on‚ the nightmare still continues for its victims and survivors. 28 years on‚ they are still asking the same question they asked then – Will
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Wal-Mart is company No. 1 in the world. It has the most revenue over any other company ($421 Billion). But its riches equal its controversies. This story is probably the most apt at describing the unethical treatment of its workers‚ because of the sheer senselessness of it. In 2000‚ a collision with a semi-trailer left 52-year-old Deborah Shank with permanent brain damage and in a wheelchair. Her husband and three sons were fortunate for a $700‚000 accident settlement from the trucking company. After
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customers get an important job done.” Next is the profit formula which is the plan for how the company will money while provide a value to the customer. The third element‚ key resources‚ is the assets that are required in order to fulfill the customer value proposition. Lastly‚ key processes are the primary operational and managerial tasks that also assist in delivering to the customer and company. The authors use two business examples to illustrate the process: Tata Group’s CPV for providing
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