However, it is always encouraging to realize that the likes of King Solomon and Bao once existed.
Their mere existence, though a long time ago to be sure, is inspiring, isn’t it?
Alright, here are media examples of decisions and judgments that are deemed Solomonic, which means, once again, wise beyond ordinary measure:
1. The issue of blame wasn’t settled-whether sabotage by an employee in India or bad management by Union Carbide in the United States caused the worst industrial accident in history.
No one will ever know whether a long court trial in New Delhi would have given Indian victims more money or less. Or whether Union Carbide got off easier than it should have.
And the four years of heartbreak, anger, international politicking and legal battles did not result in setting new precedents for handling industrial disasters or parceling out responsibilities in multinational enterprises.
But the most appropriate reaction to the settlement of the legal battles over the catastrophe in Bhopal, India, which killed 3,329 people and injured an estimated 200,000 more, should be relief.
Union Carbide, which owned a 50.9 percent interest in the pesticide plant from which deadly fumes of methyl isocyanate escaped on the night of Dec. 3, 1984, spreading almost instant death among people in nearby shanties, will pay the government of India $470 million. The Indian government will be responsible for sorting out the 500,000 or more claims that have been filed and dividing up the money fairly.
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