A tale of two tragedies : Bhopal Gas Leak in India and BP Oil spill in US / Dheeraj Sharma.
This case compares the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to a past disaster in India, a gas leak in Bhopal, which exposed more than 500,000 people to Methyl isocyanate and other highly toxic chemical gases. The case compares the events of the two incidents: the way Bhopal Gas Leak was handled by th...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad,
2016.
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| Series: | SAGE Knowledge. Cases.
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| Online Access: | SAGE |
| Summary: | This case compares the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to a past disaster in India, a gas leak in Bhopal, which exposed more than 500,000 people to Methyl isocyanate and other highly toxic chemical gases. The case compares the events of the two incidents: the way Bhopal Gas Leak was handled by the Indian government and how the Indian judicial system was portrayed; and the way the US government dealt with the BP oil spill. The case offers ample opportunity for students to analyze and associate the different negotiation strategies implemented by the Indian government in the Bhopal case and the US government in the BP oil spill case. Finally, the case sheds light on what role the media played as an intermediate, including the loopholes of Indian media in case of Bhopal Leak when compared to media in the US, which presented quite a satisfying coverage during the BP oil spill. Students here can analyze and suggest how this can, over time, be improved further in case of such disasters. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in Sharma, D. (2016). A tale of two tragedies: Bhopal gas leak in India and BP Oil Spill in US. MAR0468. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1526440679 9781526440679 |