Disaster of Bhopal: Analysis on the Ethical Models

On April 20, 2010 off the Gulf of Mexico, there was a blowout of the Macondo well which is owned by British Petroleum also known as BP. When the blowout took place it got immediate media attention because aspects of the event were known over the world. Within events transpiring it was discovered how limited the resources and reaction to the disaster was going to be. This paper will detail aspects of the event from symptoms of the problem, the root cause, important unresolved issues, roles of the organization’s key players and stakeholders, and explain the focus of specific ethical systems. Also discussed in this paper are relevant strategies and alternatives, the effect of globalization

Media: The media will be covering the incident night and day. With the large and diverse impacts of the spill, the media will be not only asking the difficult questions, but also looking to point fingers. The company must establish an effective and open line of communication with media members. Ideally, the media should be used as resource to relay messages and not an enemy during the crisis.

You brought up a great point. Companies cannot blame their suppliers or contractors for damages their products or services in costumers’ health, employees, environment or the society. I believe companies’ need to ownership of their mistakes for not ensuring its whole supply chain meets their expectations and companies’ regulations. For example, according to Thompson, Arthur, Peteraf, Gamble, M. J. and A.J. III. (2012), “IKEA’s initial plan to combat the use of child labor by its suppliers involved (1) contracts that threatened immediate cancellation and (2) random audits by a third-party partner” (p. 259). I also believe that companies must be open and inform communities when events like oil spill happen, although it impacts their reputation, because keeping unethical business secrets will generate controversies and a higher damage when they are discovered.

As this case shows Human Rights violation BP, The company was lacking operational decisions, such as ensuring that safety standards are appropriate for employees; rather than pursuing additional profits and hiding behind a mask of public relations. Viewed from this perspective, ‘calculated casualties’ don’t provide the greatest amount of good; it simply highlights an unethical and ruthless pursuit of profits and hence environmental destruction and human deaths would widely be considered unethical.

All indications are that the Company’s behavior pre oil spill was irresponsible and negligent and was potentially driven primarily by a focus to provide strong returns on their investments while compromising the integrity and internal controls of the operations. Post oil spill, the Company has had to learn from the consequences of a very costly disaster in order to stay in business and thrive. The Organization appears to understand now the need for effective communication, transparency and detailed due-diligence in all their efforts.

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.)

The Challenger Disaster was a major incident occurring on January 28, 1986, in which seven astronauts lost their lives, and the public’s trust in NASA was rocked. It was revealed over time however, that an engineering flaw caused the incident- two rubber “O-rings”- that not only were advised against prior to launch, but inevitably failed to serve their purpose. Nevertheless, one may question what ethical values the engineers and their superiors were considering as they were launching the shuttle, and why they launched the shuttle regardless of the warning. This is clearly stated in a doctrine called the NSPE (National Society of Professional Engineers), as one of their “Fundamental Canons” is to “Hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare

The structure of business ethics is voluntary, legal, and core practices. BP and Exxon had an obligation to act ethically in all three areas. Exxon’s 3rd mate was not license to pilot through Prince William Sound. The captain was drunk and asleep and when he was awake and in charge he ignored the Coast Guard’s recommendations. Exxon knew the captain had issues with alcohol. The company hired to do the clean-up was ill-prepared, had damaged equipment, and they also did not have enough equipment to handle the spill. By all appearance BP presented an image

According to Trevino & Nelson the Golden Rule is an “important deontological guide: do unto others as you would have them do unto you” (43). Which they go on to say, that the Golden Rule leads people to the best decision only if a person is ethical (p. 43). Many would agree that neither U-North nor the firm practice the Golden Rule, they do not treat the victims in the class action suit (against U-North) with the same consideration they would expect to receive. The second ethical issue is U-North’s lack of corporate social responsibility. We see this by their continual use of toxic chemicals, after discovering it has been responsible for the deaths of thousands of people. Their decision to continue to promote their product as a health and beneficial product for people, without disclosing the potential harm and even death it can cause shows a great lack of corporate social responsibility. U-North’s primary concern appears to be with making a profit.

Lecturer: Professor M.Kiru United States International University Name : Hassan Fauzia Hussein ID no: 637076 Lecturer: Professor M.Kirubi Course : Business Ethics and Values Assignment two.   Table of contents The space shuttle challenger disaster of 1986…………………………………………………………………….3 The ethical issues of the space shuttle challenger disaster of 1986 ……………………………………5-7 References…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………8 THE SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER DISASTER OF 1986

In such a delicate time as this, the public needs reassurance and information. They want

Three causes of the 1984 Bhopal Chemical Plant disaster in India were long-term financial difficulties, poor safety management and inadequate emergency plans. The disaster occurred when water entered a methyl isocyanate (MIC) storage tank, which led to a runaway reaction and then discharged toxic MIC vapour into the atmosphere. The leak caused the deaths of more than 2,000 people and injured about 200,000 locals in the surrounding shanty towns (Kletz 2009, p. 338).

Part 1 - Ethical Dilemmas- The accident elicited many feelings anger, disillusionment, disgust, and even employees feeling like they were let down because BP had not backed up its values promised to

The oil spill undermines the reputation and market position of British Petroleum, thus its stock prices decline dramatically. Even though BP took measures for resolving these problems, its way was not beneficial enough and therefore, it still requires more advantageous resolutions.

In the month of April 2010, Deepwater Horizon exploded, killing 11 workers and releasing oil from the well into an ocean. This paper will discuss BP management, ethical and social behavior. BP along with a few of its partners Transocean and Halliburton was involved in the gulf oil spill. The explosion of the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon was the root cause of the oil spill. This paper will focus on BP organization behavioral issues that caused the economic, environmental, and human losses. The research further focuses on what BP leadership could have done as a precautionary measure using highest ethics and management behavior.