Along the new Silk Roads
Relevant for GS Paper-2:- At the recent Paris Peace Forum commemorating the end of World War I, the heads of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank made the case for a more...
Category: General Studies- IV
General Studies- IV: Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude
Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in-human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics – in private and public relationships. Human Values – lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; role of family society and educational institutions in inculcating values.
Attitude: content, structure, function; its influence and relation with thought and behaviour; moral and political attitudes; social influence and persuasion.
Aptitude and foundational values for Civil Service, integrity, impartiality and non-partisanship, objectivity, dedication to public service, empathy, tolerance and compassion towards the weaker-sections.
Emotional intelligence-concepts, and their utilities and application in administration and governance.
Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and world.
Public/Civil service values and Ethics in Public administration: Status and problems; ethical concerns and dilemmas in government and private institutions; laws, rules, regulations and conscience as sources of ethical guidance; accountability and ethical governance; strengthening of ethical and moral values in governance; ethical issues in international relations and funding; corporate governance.
Probity in Governance: Concept of public service; Philosophical basis of governance and probity; Information sharing and transparency in government, Right to Information, Codes of Ethics, Codes of Conduct, Citizen’s Charters, Work culture, Quality of service delivery, Utilization of public funds, challenges of corruption.
Case Studies on above issues.
Death Penalty for Shia Woman Activist
Death Penalty for Shia Woman Activist: Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor is seeking the death penalty against five human rights activists from the kingdom’s Eastern Province currently on trial in a secretive terrorism court, groups...
“Prevention of Corruption Act – 1988“ 20 Aug
Prevention of Corruption Act – 1988:- Parliament recently passed crucial amendments to the “Prevention of Corruption Act – 1988”, to give more teeth to the anti-graft law. How did the current amendment come up?...
Transparencies of Donations to the Political Parties 20-Aug
Transparencies of Donations to the Political Parties:- It has been over a year since the Election Commission raised serious concerns over the Finance Act, 2017, which introduced amendments in other laws, especially the Representation...
Science and technology
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe:- NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is the first spacecraft to touch the sun, hurtling through the sizzling solar atmosphere and coming within just 3.8 million miles (6 million kilometers) of the...
Western Religious Ethical Traditions, Ethics in India
Western Religious Ethical Traditions: Religion involves ritual, symbol, community life, institutions, doctrines, and many other factors, but moral values are a central aspect of religious identity for both individuals and groups. Through religion, people think...
Ethics in India
Historic: In our work situations, the organizational behavior theories of the west guide us. The western thoughts have not been able to lead us much ahead. It is important to look into our own...
Some important theories and principles
Plato and Aristotle: Asked explicitly what the good life is for and began with the notion that humans are social beings whose good is only fulfilled in community. Their work focuses on problems of...
Factors which Necessitates the Internal Security, MoHA and internal security
Factors which Necessitates the Internal Security: India possesses Internal Security threats from various sources, and the reasons for it are very complex to comprehend. However, a lucid understanding of all the factors that create...
Importance and dimensions of Ethics
Importance of Ethics / consequences of Ethics in human actions: Most of us would agree that it is ethics in practice that makes sense; just having it carefully drafted and redrafted in books may...
Determinants of ethics in human action
Determinants of ethics in human action: Determinants as the word suggests, means the factors which decide whether the action being judged is ethical or not. Ethics in human action is determined by two things: Individual...
Ethics-Meaning and Essence of Ethics
Meaning and Essence of Ethics Meaning of Ethics ‘Do not do unto others as you would not be done by’ or Atmani Pratikulani paresham na samachary is the principle given in ‘Mahabharata’.The definition of...
Committee to review enforcement of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
The Minister of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has constituted a Committee to review enforcement of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) provisions under Companies Act, 2013. The 12-member committee will be headed by Regional Director (Western Region)...
Passive Euthanasia, a Legal Reality in India
Introduction Declaring the right to die with dignity as a fundamental right, the Supreme Court in a recent landmark judgment passed an order allowing passive euthanasia in the country. A five-judge bench of the...
