The following are egregious examples of companies putting profits before workers as given in [[Reference Notes/Limitarianism|Limitarianism]]. These profits are "dirty money", and there is a moral obligation to give them back to society. **Rana Plaza disaster** - Occurred on 24 April, 2013. - An 8-storey commercial building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed. - The building housed a bank, several shops and 5 garment factories. - The day before the collapse, large cracks were discovered in the building. - The bank and shops closed immediately. The garment workers were ordered to return to work the next day. - A few hours after they resumed work, the building collapsed. - 1,134 workers died. 2,600 were injured, many for life. In some cases, amputation was required to rescue them. - Many international brands had their clothes produced there, including Benetton, the Children's Place and Primark. - Only Primark and Loblaw stepped up with meaningful compensation. - Others like Walmart contributed the minimum amount. - Benetton paid $1.1 million, when it was requested to pay $5 million. - Bloomberg article by Olivia Rockeman: “A decade after the Rana Plaza collapse, garment workers are still exploited. Building safety has improved, but the economics of the clothing industry remains stacked against the people who make most of what the world wears." **Bhopal Disaster:** - The worst chemical disaster in human history. - Occurred on 3 December, 1984 in Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh state in India. - Pesticide plant of an Indian subsidiary of Union Carbide, an American corporation. - It had safety problems known to both the company and the government. - A gas leakage killed 3,800 people. Several more thousands lost their lives in the days that followed. - 15,000 premature deaths. - Several hundred thousand cases of adverse health effects, impairments, and congenital defects. - Indian government demanded $4 billion, but Union Carbide settled out of court for $470 million. - A similar case in the US would have cost the company $9 billion. - The difference is the amount that remained in the company and in the pockets of its shareholders. It is "dirty money", according to [[Reference Notes/Limitarianism]]. - News of the settlement caused Union Carbide's shares to rise 7 percent. Anyone who holds Union Carbide stock is sitting on dirty money.