Topic > Bhopal Incident Case Study - 1476

He donated $1 million to an emergency relief fund and offered to turn his guesthouse in Bhopal into an orphanage. Soon after the disaster, Union Carbide also brought a team of investigators to Bhopal. But the team got little cooperation from Indian authorities operating in a climate of popular anti-Carbide protest. He was denied access to plant records and workers. Yet investigators were able to examine Tank 610 and take samples from the bottom residue for the test experiment. Then in late 1985, when the Indian government finally granted Carbide greater access to plant records and employees. Carbide conducted more than 70 interviews and a careful examination of plant records and physical evidence that led them to conclude that the cause of the gas leak was sabotage by a disgruntled employee who had intentionally hooked a gas pipe. water to the tank. They agreed to pay compensation of $470 million to the Indian government which will distribute funds to the gas victims. In 1994 Union Carbide sold its 50.9% stake in UCIL to the Indian subsidiary of a British company for $90 million. He gave all this money to the Indian government for a hospital and some clinics in Bhopal. I should say that Warren Anderson as president and CEO and the entire Union Carbide company did their best to help with the incident. Even if what