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Bus Ad 502 Business Ethics And Environment

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COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY-PUEBLO Hasan School of Business BUS AD 502 Business Ethics and Environment Fall 2016 Bhopal Disaster Case -Shamanta Palikhey Facts: (Facts need to provide more information. In this regard, you should better set-up the relationship between the parties: UCC, UCIL, the Indian government, etc. UCC needs to be mentioned in the first paragraph.) On December 2nd 1984, 40 tons of deadly Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) gas and other toxic gasses were released in to the atmosphere from Union Carbide India, Limited’s (UCIL) plant in Bhopal, India. Water meant for cleaning internal pipes was mixed with MIC, due to a faulty valve, which led to an exothermic reaction. The pressure and heat from this powerful reaction led to break down of a safety valve which then caused MIC gas to be released into the atmosphere. During 1970, Indian government encouraged foreign companies to invest in local industry and Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) was asked to set up a plant to manufacture pesticide, to market throughout Asia. Bhopal was chosen as its location because of central location and easier means of transportation. The plant was operated by UCIL, a company controlled by Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), an American giant chemical company presently a subsidiary of Dow Chemicals, held a 51% ownership in UCIL and 49% by Indian investors including Government of India. Prior, to the catastrophe the plant had been manufacturing Sevin at one fourth of its production due

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