Bhopal Environmental Disaster

Read the Union Carbide Corporation and Bhopal case that begins on page 384 of your Business, Government, and Society textbook. In lieu of answering the questions that follow the case, you will respond to the prompt below;

Consider the concerns as described in this case and prepare a memorandum that addresses the concerns described below. Your memo should be completed in narrative form (you may use headings if you choose to do so for organizational purposes, but do not list your responses in bullet form). Maximum page length: 10 pages (double-spaced).

Identify all of the potential ethical issues you see (if any). Describe and analyze the implications of each issue, including who or what were affected by the company’s response. In identifying issues and addressing their implications, your discussion should be as comprehensive as possible—you should consider any economic, social, or ecological implications, as well as the potential impact at least two cultural differences you can identify.

Additionally, your analysis should thoroughly identify and discuss at least two potential courses of action that the company could have taken with respect to each issue you have discussed. Clearly demonstrate your reasoning process—identify and explain any ethical principles or arguments you are relying on; do not simply state unsupported conclusions.

If you choose to apply any approaches to ethical reasoning that you learned about in this course, clearly state what they are and how you are applying them to this case. Of the possible solutions you identified, which would you recommend that the company should have adopted as a resolution? Again, fully explain and justify your recommendations. Finally, explain how you would implement each solution you have recommended.

Submission instructions

Please ensure that the Certification set out below appears on your submission.
Attach your Word document to this assignment and submit before the due date.
Please follow the rubric in the attached file.

REQUIREMENTS

memorandum Business society Union Carbide Corporation and Bhopal case

Answer preview………

The Union Carbide Corporation and Bhopal Case presents one of the most hazardous consequences of ignored role, overlooked responsibility, and the degradation of ethics in industrial practice. The Bhopal Case Study is a multi-faceted, multi-cultural, and cross-field case that allows a thorough analysis of the events that led to the death of numerous people following the gas leak. Several issues including responsibility, corporate social responsibility, and cultural differences are identified in this case and they all interact to make a case for the accident that led to a devastating loss. This memorandum focuses on the facts of the case and combines them with ethical case analyses as well as the cultural differences. Furthermore, the memorandum presents an opportunity to recommend the most effective steps that could have been taken by the various stakeholders to avert the disaster as well as control its aftermath…………

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