Bhopal - Union Carbide

Bhopal - Union Carbide
Nama Kelompok 11

1. Lia Khoirunnisa
2. Masitoh Sjari R.A
3. Zulfah Qadariyah

Question :

1. What are the ethical issues raised by this case?

2. What is the legal doctrine of "limited liability" apply to protect shareholders of Union Carbide Corporation (U.S.)?

3. Were the Indian operations, which were being overseen by the managers of Union Carbide Corporation (U.S.), in compliance with legal or moral or ethical standards?

Answer :

1. In 1984 Bhopal tragedy , ragedy is the worst industrial disaster in History Of The World. That causes no spending 40 metric tons of methyl isocyanate ( MIC ) IN unintentionally From Union Carbide pesticide plant located in the city of Bhopal, in gatra Madhya Pradesh in India . The investigation carried out stating that some other Safety Step is NOT executed and standard operation in the plant does not comply with standards in the Union Carbide plant . Ethical issues of this case regarding environmental negligence and responsibility which has resulted in many casualties of poisonous methyl isocyanate gas leak from the Union Carbide pesticide plant.

2. The legal doctrine does not apply to protect the shareholders, but the disadvantage of Shareholders , causing outrage from shareholders as a result of Losses suffered. In addition that reportedly Union Carbide in Bhopal Have Lost Money for several years . But before this tragedy, the Indian company has been doing ltindakan In Effort to Overcome review of Annual Losses of $ 4 million .

3. Is not appropriate because the company Union Carbide India Ltd. has not met the legal and ethical standards set by the parent company. Therefore, many incident - unexpected incident occur in the plant as a result of employee negligence and lack of training provided and because most of the employees are illiterate and do not know the dangers of chemical pesticides are used so that they mix the water into tanks containing methyl isocyanate causing many toxic gases.

http://www.amazine.co/27052/bencana-bhopal-kisah-penyebab-tragedi-industri-terbesar/
https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedi_Bhopal