Ethics: Union Carbide
Ethics Paper: Union Carbide
In the early morning hours of December 1984, 43 tons of methyl isocyanate (MIC) – a chemical commonly used in pesticides – was accidentally released into the air by the Indian division of U.S. chemical giant, Union Carbide Corporation (Wikipedia, 2007). When the cloud settled on the nearby sleeping town of Bhopal, India, the inhabitants awoke to hell on earth.
With over 500,000 people exposed to the chemical cloud, 3,000 people were initially estimated by the British Broadcasting Corporation to have died. To date, over 20,000 additional people have died from issues directly attributable to the Union Carbide tragedy, and 560,000 injury claims have been settled by Union Carbide. Despite this horrific tragedy entering its third decade, 2,500 people continue to die in and around Bhopal each year from MIC exposure.
The Facts
Prior to the catastrophe, the Bhopal plant had not been profitable for a number of years due to dwindling demand for......
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