Legal Aspects and Ethical Code of Conduct: A Case Study on Bhopal Gas Tragedy

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK ( Individual report)...............................................................................................................3
Case study ..................................................................................................................................3
Ethical position of the parent US Union Carbide company........................................................6
CONCLSUION................................................................................................................................6
REFRENCES ..................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Legal aspects are that kind of aspects which is been used for providing legality towards
laws that is applied under particular situation. Legal aspect covers all the laws within it that is
related to various conditions within society. These aspects includes laws such as which makes
disciplined and order to be maintained. Legal aspect can be linked with ethical code of conduct
in a way that it makes proper procedure followed in an organization in relation to laws that is
been applied within them. Ethics are those kinds of rules and regulations that make development
of proper regulation in an organization possible. It also helps courts in conducting proceedings in
appropriate manner possible. It has wider scope in relation to legal aspect as it makes
environment of professionalism to be maintained. Nature is also dynamic which makes law as an
important medium in society applied. The report based upon case study that is in relation to
Bhopal gas disaster. Questions has to be answered ethics.
TASK ( Individual report)
Case study
Introduction to case: The case is known as Bhopal gas tragedy which is related to industrial
accident. It is considered to be drastic incident that has happened in the history of world and in
this Carbide subsidiary makes pesticides plant in city of Bhopal, India. 2-3 December 1984 plant
making pesticide released 40 tonnes of toxic methyl isocyanate gas. In this around 500000
people died after coming in contact of toxic gas. Gas spread at very fast rate all over the city in
no time that resulted in making panic situation to arise. Also burning sensation in lungs was felt
which lead over thousands of person to die on spot and damage was done around 1989. This is
said to cover 8000 deaths after gas release (Katner, Brown and Fournier, 2016). In order to deal
with this International Medical Council has been formed in the year 1993 and over incident with
health effects of disaster.
Causes of disaster : Plant disaster that has taken place were producers of Carbaryl since the year
1997. It is an insecticides that is been produced 25000 tonnes per year. The plant hold capacity
of 5000 tonnes so it was not a big issue. The sales of insecticides were not going in appropriate
way in the year 1980. This made cost cutting within plant. As disaster happened within tank to
store material that is Methyl isocyanate. In this disaster chemical reaction happened due to
carbon dioxide mixing upon various substances. Temperature got increased within the container