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1) Thesis Statement: The impact the Bhopal Disaster had on a community and the manufacturing industry worldwide will last for generations to come.

2) Key points:

What impact did the Bhopal disaster have on safety regulations for an industrial setting?

What moral impact did the disaster have on the employees and stockholders of Union Carbide and the decisions they chose to handle the disaster?

What long-term impact did this disaster have in this region of India?

Internally, what could the management of the chemical plant and Union Carbide done differently?

3) Body of paper:

Point 1: What impact did the Bhopal disaster have on safety regulations for an industrial setting?

a) Responsible care and International Council of Chemical Associations were developed (http://www.bhopal.com/faq#faq26, 2013).

b) Programs designed to prevent future events, awareness, preparedness and safety systems.

Point 2: What moral impact did the disaster have on the employees and stockholders of Union Carbide and the decisions they chose to handle the disaster?

a) DOW was able to buy stocks of UCC, claims of sabotage (Weisman, 1987).

b) Union carbide claims 10-20 employees are covering up events to cooperate with the Indian government.

c) UCC paid out $570 million dollars to victims yet they still suffer.

Point 3: What long-term impact did this disaster have in this region of India?

a) Toxins include mercury, lead, trichlorobenzene, dichlorobenzene (Aampath, 2013).

b) Stillbirth rate was 300% and neonatal mortality was 200% after the accident. Carcinogen 1000 times higher than World Health Organization standard as of 2009.

Point 4: Internally, what could the management of the chemical plant and Union Carbide done differently?

a) Lax safety standards, ignoring violations (http://www.bhopal.com/faq#faq26, 2013)

b) Union Carbide stated these were acceptable conditions based upon Indian government. Knowing now international safety standards to be implemented.

c) Changes in policies over the years have occurred.

4) Summary: We see that through the years that new standards globally have been initiated, Union carbide several years later was purchased by DOW, the impact left on the region are still felt to this day, revamping policies to match the working conditions of West Virginia plant.

5) Conclusion: Despite a settlement issued and advances in safety and regulations that plants can take advantage of that today, the region where this tragedy occurred will continue to suffer if more of the settlement is not dispersed and used in medical research.

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