Bhophal Disaster

In the beginning of 1984, you are the manager of Union Carbide Corporation. You are just informed that your plant is understaffed, you will….

• Pretend nothing happen, concentrate workers in production

• Hire enough staff using the same wages, borrowing some loans

• Using cheaper price to hire low-skilled workers and place them in non-production roles (eg. Safety supervisor)

On the night of December 2nd, 1984, you are the last worker in the plant, having the responsible of checking all the equipments. But you have a party to go, so you want to get off work 10 minutes earlier, you will

• Get off 10 minutes earlier and left one equipment unchecked, as nothing happened in the past whole year

• Get off 10 minutes earlier, ask other staff to check the last equipment for you

• Tell your friends that you will be late, so still check all the equipments according to the procedure

On the night of December 2nd, 1984, the dangerous gas drifted over the dense populated neighborhood, you are the manager of Union Carbide Corporation. You just heard the news and you will…

• Be panic and pretend you don’t know this

• Consult related experts, understand the situation and then make the next move

• Contact related expert, plan and execute the solutions

In the morning of December 3rd, 1984, you woke up and think about what happened yesterday, knowing the casualty and damages in nearby neighborhood, you will

• Check the condition of the corporation after the explosion, try to minimize the cost and calculate the cost

• Contact the management team, thinking of an excuse to deal with the public relations

• Check the damaging areas and use the profit of the company to compensate the death and related cost

In December 4th, 1994, it has been 10 years after the crisis. As the manager of Union Carbide Corporation, you

• Reflect the crisis and learn from it, build a crisis management team to avoid same crisis from happening

• Continue paying attention on the damaging areas, provide compensation and dedicate to clean up the left mess

• Bet that the chance of the similar crisis happening again is really low and continue operating like before