The Bhopal crisis

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

18 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

01/16/2009

Category :

History & geography

Sub category :

Modern history

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Summary :

The start of the crisis.
Analysis of the triggering event.
1. The technical errors and failures.
Amplification of the crisis.
The origins of the crisis.
1. Relations between the Indian authorities and UCIL.
2. The economical context.
3. Previous accidents and warnings.
4. Sabotage.
The consequences of the crisis.
1. A human disaster.
2. A legal crisis.
3. Effects on the company and its stocks.
Reaction of the stakeholders and their reaction.
Union Carbide Corporation and its subsidiary UCIL.
1. Aftermath of the explosion.
The government of India.
The Bhopal population and its victims.
Management of the crisis and the communication plan.
The lessons learnt by the company the changes adopted after the crisis.
1. Long term and short term crisis.
Conclusion.
Sources.

Abstract

The bhopal disaster happened in the early hours of the morning of December 3rd, 1984. It is one of the most terrible industrial disaster or maybe even the most terrible disaster that ever happened. It took place in bhopal which is the capital city of an Indian state called Madhya Pradesh. The factory was a Union Carbide subsidiary which produced pesticides (Temik and Sevin). Union Carbide was at the time one of the biggest American chemical firm. The subsidiary was called UCIL (Union Carbide India Limited). On its website dedicated to the tragedy, Union Carbide insists on the fact that UCIL was an Indian company and that the American firm only owned over half of the stock. The remainder of the stock was owned by Indian financial institutions and private investors. The plant was built in 1978 in bhopal where about 300,000 people were living. It was located 5 kilometers far from the village and 1 kilometer far from the railway station. The Indian government had encouraged the building of the plant since it was trying to increase the productivity of its agricultural sector and to reach food self-sufficiency.