Business Law and Ethics: Case Study of Union Carbide

Business Law and
Ethics
(Individual Report)

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK (Part 2)..................................................................................................................................3
Ethical issues at Union Carbide..................................................................................................3
Case study ..................................................................................................................................3
Introduction to case.....................................................................................................................3
Causes of disaster .......................................................................................................................3
Legal action.................................................................................................................................4
Code of ethical conduct ..............................................................................................................5
Ethical position of the parent US Union Carbide company........................................................6
CONCUSION .................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Business law can be considered or determined as a range of legal standards which are
specifically being undertaken by organisations (sole proprietorships, partnership, private limited
and so on). Away with this, there are a range of ethical issues that an organisation goes through if
all the standards are not being met by them in rightful manner (Burra and Vamsi, 2017). Under
this report, the particular case which has been taken into consideration is of Union Carbide
(Bhopal Gas Tragedy). On the other side, this report will also be disaster in relation to the ethical
position of the parent US Union Carbide company.
TASK (Part 2)
Ethical issues at Union Carbide.
Case study
Introduction to case
There are a range of industrial disasters took place in past where, the Bhopal disaster was the
one which become the reason of ample number of deaths and still it’s impact can be seen among
individuals who came in direct contact with the dangerous gas. Basically, this gas leak event
took place in the night time of December 2 & 3 in the year of 1984 at Union Carbide India
Limited (UCIL). This pesticide plant was one of the biggest ones in Madhya Pradesh, India and
also said to be one of the biggest industrial disaster as well that took place in the past. More than
500000 individuals came in the contact of Methyl Isocyanate Gas, which is said to be a highly
toxicity gas. The spread of this gas took place in all the nearby villages that were connecting to
the plant site (Carter and et. al., 2017).
Even after the two weeks of gas leak disaster, around eight thousand individuals died. In
order to take control there was a commission that was developed and it was named as
International Medical Commission in 1993. Away with this, it was found that this particular
commission was developed to focus among different aspects like looking at different range of
impacts that was done by Methyl Isocyanate Gas in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
Causes of disaster
Just when gas disaster took place in Bhopal, there were a range of causes that were
observed after the gas release. In order to identify the different causes, UCC launched a number