The Bhopal Gas Disaster and Corporate Criminal Negligence

Bhopal, the capital of the state of Madhya Pradesh in India, is known throughout the world for the huge disaster, affecting millions of people, that occurred at a Union Carbide pesticide plant on the night of December 3, 1984. The union Carbide Corporation technical team reports that a large volume of water was introduced into the Methyl Isocyanate tank and triggered a reaction (MIC) that resulted in the gas release (Lapierre & Moro, 1997).