Read Think and Write Phase-2 Day-36
Q.1) Write the ethical framework for legislatures. (150 words) Q.2) Write the ethical framework for the judiciary. (150 words)
Ethics
Read Think and Write Phase-2 Day-35
Q.1) What are the ethical issues in politics? Suggest measures to address them. (150 words) Q.2) “Politics have no relation to morals”. – Niccolo Machiavelli. Examine (150 words)
Read Think and Write Phase-2 Day-34
You are an honest and responsible civil servant. You often observe the following: 1. There is a general perception that adhering to ethical conduct one may face difficulties to oneself and cause problems for the family, whereas unfair practises may help to reach the career goals. 2. When the number of people adopting unfair means
Read Think and Write Phase-2 Day-33
Q.1) It is often said that poverty leads to corruption. However, there is no dearth of instances where affluent and powerful people indulge in corruption in a big way. What are the basic causes of corruption among people? Support your answer with examples. Q.2) There is a heavy ethical responsibility on the public servants because
Read Think and Write Phase-2 Day-32
A building permitted for three floors, while being extended illegally to 6 floors by a builder, collapses. As a consequence, a number of innocent labourers including women and children died. These labourers are migrants of different places. The government immediately announced cash relief to the aggrieved families and arrested the builder. Give reasons for such
Read Think and Write Phase-2 Day-31
Q.1) What is the Citizen Charter? Explain its importance in Public administration. (150 words) Q.2) State the concept of ‘work culture’. Explain its importance in administration. (150 words)
Read Think and Write Phase-2 Day-30
You are a Public Information Officer (PIO) in a government department. You are aware that the RTI Act 2005 envisages transparency and accountability in administration. The act has functioned as a check on the supposedly arbitrarily administrative behaviour and actions. However, as a PIO you have observed that there are citizens who filed RTI applications
Read Think and Write Phase-2 Day-29
Q.1) Today we find that in spite of various measures like prescribing codes of conduct, setting up vigilance cells/commissions, RTI, active media and strengthening of legal mechanisms, corrupt practices are not coming under control. A) Evaluate the effectiveness of these measures with justifications. B) Suggest more effective strategies to tackle this menace. Q.2) Some recent
Read Think and Write Phase-2 Day-28 Ethics Case Study
A Public Information Officer has received an application under RTI Act. Having gathered the information, the PIO discovers that the information pertains to some of the decisions taken by him, which were found to be not altogether right. There were other employees also who party to these decisions. Disclosure of the information is likely to
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Read Think and Write Phase-2 Day-27
Q.1) What do you understand by the terms ‘governance’, ‘good governance’ and ‘ethical governance’? Q.2) What is social contract? How governance is based on this?