HG:
 This is going to be for Mr. Liveris. My name is Harini Gopalakrishnan, and I am a graduate student at IU. I represent here an organization called AID which is Association of India’s Development. Before I begin my question, I would like to say that I subscribe to Mr. Malone saying in the opening statement when he talked about “Energy is all about people”. And in the light of the conference being on energy and environment, I think we should take a moment to step back and remember the terrible tragedy in Bhopal, India which happened twenty two years ago. It still continues to haunt the memory of the people in that it is one of the environmental disasters and one of the biggest industrial disasters even today. Not to mention the tens of thousands already dead, we can imagine an entire city of victims who have a history of disease and mutations affect the children. It is horrifying enough to still live in a situation where basic necessities of human habitation like water and soil are practically poisoned. The Amnesty International report clearly points out the necessity for a site cleanup and the important role of DOW in setting the process in motion. To me, personally, it is very disappointing to hear a corporate giant like DOW preach energy efficiency at a big conference while failing to make amends for the past activities of its fully owned subsidiary, Union Carbide. Instead, you are just prolonging the unimaginable misery of the 200,000 residents in the Bhopal community. Being the CEO of the largest chemical company in the world and also the parent company (owner?) of Union Carbide, I would like to know, what you would like to do about this in the future:
A)	Continue to leave a trail of environmental mess on you climb to the top? or
B)	Set a precedence by dissociating yourself from the main? culprit involved – the Union Carbide? Or 
C)	Even better, do something about it yourself?

AL: Thank you.
HG: Sure.
AL: (referring to a previous Q) I take it back – yours was an easy question.
Audience: laughter
AL: Thank you very much. I think you (well?) articulated the terrible tragedy at the incident of Bhopal [??] that occurred in 1984. _____. At that time, I remember, I was a young engineer at the DOW systems. All of us (breaks and begins new sentence?) In fact, there was another accident of major propositions. In Pittsburgh, New England, and many of us in the 70’s were involved _________. I am sure you know. As the human society progresses and accidents occur – and frankly – accidents do occur. You have to go forward with ____________, business really. So, well, the tragedy ______ you articulated – a terrible, terrible plight – (um?) I think the respect that I heard the question in, and I will respond to you with respect, is that with all due respect, DOW Chemicals Company had nothing to do with the accident. Union Carbide settled with the government of India, and the state Government of Madhya Pradesh, for four seventy million dollars in 1989. I think that the business conference you should go to are the ones sponsored by the government of India and the state government of Madhya Pradesh. So, with respect to the audience, it is really not the DOW chemical company’s responsibility at all. The money is in the hands of government of India and state government of Madhya Pradesh, and we should ask the very question you just asked which is to remediate the site for which the money is provided (infact?) to help the victims for which I ______________________. The human basis to let that go unattended has been wrong. But I guess you are coming to the wrong people and I respect the question, and I respect the audience – a lot – and they are here to hear the rest of the talk – so ____________. Thank you.




23:11
TB:
 My Q is also for Mr. Liveris. My name is Tom Benner and I am a member of Amnesty International, and I have here with me the ____ report ____ previous question you referred to. You mentioned that when the disaster occurred in 1984, Union Carbide was a separate corporation. That’s true. They are now, your fully owned subsidiary. And, everyone here understands that when you purchase a company, you acquire all its assets, but also it liabilities. You talked about (paying?) four seventy million dollars to the government of India. But with all due respect, I don’t think that’s sufficient. When I was a child, my parents taught me when I made a mess, it was my job, my responsibility to clean it up. Shouldn’t the same thing apply to corporations as well? 

AL: 
I think I will address the question. Just to correct you, sir, the settlement was justified and _____ by the Supreme Court of India. So, I will again urge you to get on a flight to New Delhi, and ask exactly that question to the Government of India, who has access to four seventy million dollars from 1989.

26:13
GK:
My name is Giri Krishnan and I am a graduate student at Indiana University, Bloomington, and also a part of the Association of India’s Development. And I have two questions to ask. The first question is again to Mr. Andrew Liveris. Regarding the Bhopal gas tragedy, which happened in 1984, and we have clearly stated what had happened and things like that. In 1991, the Supreme Court of India has reinstated Union Carbide against “culpable homicide” against the Union Carbide industry and Union carbide is right now, a fully subsidiary of DOW. And, it has not shown up in the courts of India, and the courts of India have declared “absconding” for the Union Carbide so far. And, with due respect, you are the CEO of the company; you could give some pressure in making the Union Carbide people appear in the court which would then provide proper justice for the people who are affected by the disaster. So, I would like to know your comments on that.

Mod: (yogesh, I don’t remember this – bu tthis is in giri’s report.)
With due respect, we have al lot of folks here who would like to  hear the questios, and __ have no __________ don’t take seriously______. My Liveris has addressed himself to these issues now twice and I propose to move on.
GK: OK, I have another question.
Audience: CLAPS