Union Carbide's Bhopal Plant (A, B)

Authors: Spar, Debora L.; Hull, Suzanne; Kou, Julia
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2006

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In December 1984, a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, sprung a leak, releasing thousands of gallons of highly toxic gas into the atmosphere. By the time the leak was sealed, over 2,000 people had died. In a series of three excerpts from published accounts, the case covers the events that led up to the tragedy and the aftermath--financial, legal, and emotional--for Union Carbide's management...

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