Bhopal plant disaster - situation summary

"The Bhopal case is an in-depth study of the industrial accident at the Union Carbide factory in India that immediately killed 2,000 people, injured another 200,000 to 300,000 more, and immediately raised questions about plant safety and corporate responsibility around the world." Includes seven detailed appendices: A) Chronology, B) Stakeholders and Level of Responsibility, C) Economic/industrial climate of India, D) Union Carbide Corporation, E) Issues in Chemical Processing, F) Assessing Responsibility: The Legal/Regulatory System, G) Assessing Responsibility: The Engineers and Scientists, and H) Technical Expertise and Managerial Responsibility. Part of the International Dimensions of Ethics Education in Science and Engineering Cast Study Series

The Flows of Authority in Intergovernmental Organizations

Streaming video requires RealPlayer to view.The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history.M.J. Peterson is Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Her interests include world politics, international institutions, international political economy, and technology and technological change.Ohio State University. Mershon Center for International Security StudiesEvent webpage, streaming video, event photo

Transnational Diffusion of Ideas and Technologies

Most historians of ideas and technological change agree that a hazard model can best describe the spread of ideas, practices, or innovations from the originators to others. The elements of the hazard model also direct attention to the likelihood that people will first learn about a new idea or technological advance and then choose to adopt it

Cultural Competence in a Transnational Workplace

Many considerations, sensitivities, and cross-cultural awareness contribute to creating a successful transnational workplace. Developing the ability to negotiate with individuals of other cultures requires an understanding of which methods are acceptable or unacceptable to a particular culture

Diagrams: Networks and Organizations

Diagrams representing typical bureaucratic organizations, networks, and communication hubs

Diagrams of Scientific Organizations

Organizational diagrams of the International Council of Scientific Unions, UNESCO, and others

Transnational Differences in Ethical and Regulatory Standards

This manuscript identifies key ways in which regulatory responses can differ across national boundaries. Some of these differences stem from variations in the perceived acceptability of an activity in different cultures. Others stem from different approaches to the common problem of identifying and regulating hazardous activity. Yet, others stem from differences in reaction to scientific or technological breakthroughs

Understanding Intergovernmental Organizations and their Member States as Co-Participants in an Authority Relationship

The three prevailing accounts of how intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) affect world politics oversimplify significantly, providing incomplete accounts of how IGOs gain influence with member governments. The power-centered and delegation accounts focus primarily on the activities of the governments of major states, leading to significant under-estimation of how the IGO’s head and staff and the governments of other member states also matter in shaping an IGO’s impact. The autonomous bureaucracy account focuses mainly on the activities of the IGO’s head and staff, leading to over-estimation of the IGO’s ability to influence the member states. Descriptively, analyzing an IGO and the member state governments as co-participants in an authority relationship draws attention to the importance of shared procedural and substantive expectations; analytically it promotes a better understanding of how IGOs affect world politics by including all of the co-participants. This avoids the mis-estimations encouraged by prevailing accounts and, by foregrounding continuities and changes in shared expectations, provides a better starting point for comprehending changes in an IGO’s own activities and its relations with member states over time

Appropriate Technology

Appropriate Technology described as low impact technology is based on highly advanced scientific and engineering research. The strong attraction to industrial and developing countries is due to its low cost, small scale, and low environmental impact

Transnational Aspects of Ethical Debate

In today\u27s globalized world, ethical theory and moral philosophy have to address the challenges of cultural moral relativism. The different ethical beliefs of many societies around the world deserve equal respect whatever and wherever the content rule is derived from