QUESTIONS FOR UNION CARBIDE CASE

1. What happened on the night of December 2 & 3, 1984 in Bhopal? Explain from the
perspectives of a) Warren Anderson, b) local citizen of Bhopal, c) a representative of
Indian government, and d) A journalist working to understand the Bhopal incidence.
2. Is Union Carbide responsible for what happened at Bhopal? Is Chairman Warren
Anderson personally responsible?
3. Identify the role and responsibility of different characters at the Bhopal plant in the
incident?
4. Was the judgment handed down by the US court of Appeals appropriate? Why? Should
Indian or US courts have had jurisdiction over this case?
5. What lessons might other companies learn from the disaster at Bhopal?