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Ethic GS Paper IV by Manoj K. Jha

  • Category
    GS -IV
  • Test Date
    25-05-2022 07:00 AM
  • Evaluated
    Yes

To participate in answer writing program, Register yourself for the test. Copies will be evaluated only for the registered students. Registration will be closed after the scheduled date.

48 Hrs. Answer Writing, Copy Evaluation and Marks Improvement Cycle

  • Step 1 (Answer Writing): Questions will be uploaded on the portal on the scheduled date at 7:00 AM.  You have to write your answers on an A4 size sheet leaving margins on both sides based on the UPSC pattern. Mention your name on the 1st page and page number on each page. After writing the answer, Click pictures of each page of your answer sheet, merge them all in a single PDF and upload in the comment section of the same question. Answers should be uploaded before 7:00 PM on the same day.
  • Step 2 In Next 48 Hrs (Copy Evaluation & Discussion): After evaluation, the first 50 copies will be uploaded on the same comment box and will be sent to you. In the evening 8:00 PM marks improvement sessions for the test with respective faculty in a group will be conducted online. So that students can get a wider perspective of the topics. Here you can discuss your evaluated copies also with the faculty.

Instruction:

  • Attempt One question out of the given two.
  • The test carries 15 marks.
  • Write Your answer in 150 words.
  • Any page left blank in the answer-book must be crossed out clearly.
  • Evaluated Copy will be re-uploaded on the same thread after 2 days of uploading the copy.
  • Discussion of the question and one to one answer improvement session of evaluated copies will be conducted through Google Meet with concerned faculty. You will be informed via mail or SMS for the discussion.

    Question #1. “Intolerance is destructive of a society’s wisdom and conscience that can poison a nation’s spirit and brotherhood”. Discuss in the light of contemporary context and justify your answer.

    Question #2. What should be the process to resolve the situation of Ethical dilemmas in Public Administration?


    (Examiner will pay special attention to the candidate's grasp of his/her material, its relevance to the subject chosen, and to his/ her ability to think constructively and to present his/her ideas concisely, logically and effectively).

    Model Answer

    Question #1. “Intolerance is destructive of a society’s wisdom and conscience that can poison a nation’s spirit and brotherhood”. Discuss in the light of contemporary context and justify your answer.

    Thinking line:

    Intolerance is a kind of negative emotions developed in response to an adverse provocation, or any threat which may arise due to the perceived threat, distrust, secularism, religious fanaticism and social media etc. 

    Correct understanding is a disposition to appreciate or share the feelings and thoughts of others. Intolerance reduces such ability of correct understanding as these make an individual biased and irrational. When a man is intolerant to something, his conscience is no longer able to guide him in the right direction. It affects his level of understanding.

    How intolerance affects understanding?

    • Ignorance: An intolerant person will remain ignorant to diverse opinions and belief and thus act according to narrow ideals. For example, generally politicians with religious background are ignorant towards issues like LGBT rights.
    • Contagious: Intolerance is contagious just like anger and can encourage others to be blind for diverse views too.
    • Biased thinking: Intolerance makes a person blind to other opinions and narrow down a person’s thinking and judgement marred by biased views.
    • Prevent correct understanding: Intolerance in society prevents correct understanding as people only see one side of the coin. For example, not all Muslim are terrorists as are branded by some individuals which lead to development of intolerance against them and may lead to violence.

    Intolerant citizens of a country are filled with hatred, it destroys the spirit of the nation since people want to harm others rather than help one another. Intolerance and hatred in society thus increases conflict among people and groups. Hence, I agree with the statement. Intolerance is extremely harmful for a society since it encourages struggles, enmity, undemocratic opposition and arbitrary theories to damage the nation’s spirit and progress. 

    It is common to find people and leaders losing steadiness of mind when faced with stress. Thus, balanced decision making for social progress and development can only be made with an objective and unbiased mind, which can be achieved by being tolerant and open.

    Question #2. What should be the process to resolve the situation of Ethical dilemmas in Public Administration?

    Thinking line:

    An ethical dilemma is a situation of conflict among various principles, creating a difficulty in decision making. An ethical dilemma arises when one has to choose between ethical values and rules in order to determine the right-thing-to-do. An ethical dilemma arises from a situation that necessitates a choice between competing sets of principles. Thus an ethical dilemma can be described as a circumstance that requires a choice between competing sets of principles in a given, usually undesirable or perplexing, situation. 

    Ethical dilemmas in Public Administration

    Conflicts of interest are possibly the most obvious example that could place public sector leaders in an ethical dilemma. Administrators too face ethical dilemmas many times. This led to difficulty in decision making and require conscience to resolve such dilemmas. Other types of ethical dilemmas in which public servants may find themselves include conflict between: the values of public administration; justifications for the institutions; aspects of the code of conduct; personal values and supervisor or governmental directive; professional ethics and supervisor or governmental directive; personal values and professional ethics versus governmental directive; blurred or competing accountabilities; and the dimensions of ethical conduct.

    Some of the most common ethical dilemmas with which public servants are confronted, revolve around aspects such as:

    • administrative discretion
    • corruption
    • nepotism
    • administrative secrecy
    • information leaks
    • public accountability
    • policy dilemmas

    To resolve ethical dilemmas, a sequence of logical reasoning sets is proposed to assimilate and rearrange the process of dealing with ethical dilemmas.

    Process of resolving an ethical dilemma in administration

    To resolve ethical dilemmas in Public administration we must decide on two things

    1. Basic sources of standards for ethical decision making.

    2. How these standards have to be applied to the specific situation we face.

    1. Basic sources of ethical standards are

    a) Constitutional standards of equality, justice, accountability, universal peace and harmony

    b) The rule of law and the principle of legality is an important requirement to exercise authority.

    c) To be responsive to society and paying attention to the needs and demands of the people, facilitating access to services and creating an enabling environment for sustainable human and social development.

    Thus, Civil servants are responsible for providing justice too many lives. Their impartiality and neutrality is must to uphold his/her duty towards a society. People serving in public service have to be equipped with proper technique and measures to tackle ethical dilemmas in their life.

    Procedure of Answer Writing:

    To participate in the answer writing program, Register yourself for the test. Copies will be evaluated only for the registered students. Registration will be closed after the scheduled date.

    Answer Writing, Copy Evaluation, and Marks Improvement Cycle:

    Step 1 (Theme, Details & Its Topics):

    1. Every round of Answer writing initiative will be around a theme related to the Subject/Topic.
    2. Please read the theme and its description, and try to cover the topics given within the theme before writing the answer along with the sources.

    Step 2 (Answer Writing):

    1. Questions will be uploaded on the portal on the scheduled date at 7:00 AM.
    2. You have to write your answers on an A4 size sheet leaving margins on both sides based on the UPSC pattern.
    3. Mention your name, email id, location, and phone number on the 1st page in the top right corner and the page number on each page.
    4. After writing the answers, Click pictures of each page of your answer sheet, merge them all in a single PDF and upload them in the upload section of the same question.
    5. Kindly submit your written answers before 7:00 PM. Only the first 100 copies will be considered for evaluation. No request for late submission or evaluation will be entertained once the 100 mark is reached.

    Note: Answer sheets without the proper guidelines given above will not be accepted for evaluation.

    Step 3 (Copy Evaluation): Copies will be evaluated in the next 72 hours of the test date. After evaluation, copies will be uploaded into your account. During the copy evaluation period, doubt clearing and discussion about the theme or topic of the test with respective mentors of the test will be done in the telegram group

    Step 4 (Mentorship): Evaluated copies will be sent to you via mail and also uploaded into your account on the website. After that a mentorship session for the marks improvement with respective faculty will be conducted on the Google Meet, so that students can get a wider perspective of the topics. Here you can discuss your evaluated copies also with the faculty. Top 5 copies of every test will be shared in the telegram group for reference.

    Note: Aspirants who have not written the test can also participate in the mentorship session.

    For Updates and Mentorship of the session, you will be notified through SMS or Telegram Group.

    For Notification And Update About the Program Join Telegram Group at: https://t.me/gsscoreopendailyanswerwriting

    Note: You have to write your answers on an A4 size sheet leaving margins on both sides based on UPSC pattern. Mention Your Name on 1st page and Page Number on each page. After writing the answer, Click pictures of each page of your answer sheet, merge them all in a single PDF and upload in the Your Answer Copy section of the same question.

    Copy submission is closed now for this test.

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