CASE STUDIES: BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY AND ITS ETHICAL ISSUES SUMMARY Bhopal Gas Tragedy was a gas leak incident in India‚ considered one of the world’s worst industrial catastrophes. It occurred on the night of the last year of 1984 at the Bhopal Union Carbide Corporation (Union Carbide India Limited – UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal‚ Madhya Pradesh‚ India. A leak of methyl isocyanides gas and other chemicals from the plant resulted in the exposure of hundreds of thousands of people. It also causes
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academia‚ disasters are seen as the consequence of inappropriately managed risk. These risks are the product of a combination of both hazard/s and vulnerability. Hazards that strike in areas with low vulnerability will never become disasters‚ as is the case in uninhabited regions. Developing countries suffer the greatest costs when a disaster hits – more than 95 percent of all deaths caused by disasters occur in developing countries‚ and losses due to natural disasters are 20 times greater (as a
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Just after midnight on December 3‚ 1984‚ a pesticide plant in Bhopal‚ India had a chemical leak accident. The chemical that was released into the air is called methyl isocyanate‚ or MIC‚ used to make pesticides. This chemical is tremendously harmful and fatal to humans‚ livestock‚ and crops. Only a short-term exposure may cause death or unfavorable health effects. The slums of Bhopal and its residents that surrounded the plant which were mostly affected by the gas suffered dearly. An estimated 8
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Bhopal UNION Carbide Tragedy‚ India In the early morning of December 3rd‚ 1984‚ over 40 tons of methyl isocyanate gas leaked from the UNION Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal‚ India‚ the toxic cloud enveloping the surrounding population. The gas cleared at dawn‚ already having killed and injured many people. Four months after the release of this toxic pollution‚ over 3‚800 people had been reported dead to the Indian government and approximately 11‚000 with disabilities. Legal action and court settlements
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Critical Thinking Failures in the Bhopal Gas Leak: Question 5C Bellevue University Critical Thinking Failures in the Bhopal Gas Leak: Question 5C After watching the video One Night in Bhopal‚ I was struck by the lack of critical thinking. There were many instances where a moment of Socratic questioning would have saved countless lives and dollars. In the following paragraphs I will highlight the most grievous of critical thinking errors as I saw them. The first failure of critical thinking
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THE BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY DECEMBER 3‚ 1984 CHOITHRAM SCHOOL NORTH CAMPUS SESSION – 2014 – 15 FA I Social Science – PPT On Disaster Class – X – B Submitted By – Priyansh Pandit Submitted To – Vivek Agrawal Sir ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my special thanks to gratitude to my teacher Mr. Vivek Agrawal sir as well as our principal Ms. Nalini Pathak who gave me golden opportunity to do this wonderful project on topic “Disaster”‚ which also helped me in doing a lot of research and I came to
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• Compare the two cases in terms of methods‚ costs (if applicable)‚ and effectiveness of the outcomes (3 points). Both cases are a form of an alert identification subsystem belonging to the parent HELP System. Furthermore‚ both cases did not explicitly state vocabulary and ontology used. However‚ I can infer based on my knowledge in the field now that diseases‚ diagnoses‚ laboratory and procedures follow ICD 10‚ SNOMED‚ LOINC and CPT ontology for coding and that interoperability is achieved by
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both to keep costs lower and to have the added advantage of “built-in obsolescence” so that consumers would need to purchase new flashlights more often. Question: Identify the moral values‚ issues‚ and dilemmas‚ if any‚ involved in the following cases‚ and explain why you consider them moral values and dilemmas. References: Code of Ethics Fundamental Canons – “Engineers‚ in the fulfillment of their professional duties‚ shall hold paramount the safety‚ health and welfare of the public‚ act for
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Case Study Case study methods involve Systematically gathering enough information about a particular person‚ social setting‚ event‚ or group to permit the researcher to effectively understand how it operates or functions. Case studies may focus on an individual‚ a group‚ or an entire community and may utilize a number of data technologies such as life stories‚ documents‚ oral histories‚ in-depth interviews‚ and participant observation. Types of case studies Stake (1995) suggests that researchers
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Introduction to Case Study by Winston Tellis+ The Qualitative Report‚ Volume 3‚ Number 2‚ July‚ 1997 (http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR3-2/tellis1.html) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract This paper is the first of a series of three articles relating to a case study conducted at Fairfield University to assess aspects of the rapid introduction of Information Technology at the institution. This article deals with the nature of the problem
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