Video: “A Cloud Over Bhopal”
Summary
The Bhopal tragedy is a landmark in industrial history, for the consequences it had inside and outside the industry. We identify the responsibilities of business and discuss the handling of this responsibility by Union Carbide in the subsequent, and still pending, legal procedures. We then discuss the responsibility of Dow Chemical, now owner of Union Carbide.
Required readings
Dutta, Sanjib, “The Bhopal Gas Tragedy”, ICFAI Center for Management Research, Hyderabad, India, 2002.
Dow: “Statement of The Dow Chemical Company Regarding the Bhopal Tragedy”.
Optional reading
Frankental, P. “Corporate social responsibility - a PR invention?” in Corporate Communications: An International Journal, 14 February 2001, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 18-23(6).
• Visit www.bhopal.org
• Visit www.bhopal.net
Questions to prepare (300-500 words): Who is responsible for the Bhopal catastrophe? Why? Does Dow have a responsibility for the aftermaths of the Bhopal catastrophe? Why?
