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QUESTION 5(b)
GS4
10 marks

It is often said that poverty leads to corruption. However, affluent and powerful people also indulge in corruption in a big way. What are the basic causes of corruption among people? Support your answer with examples.

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What the examiner wants

Explain/Analyse the exact proposition in the PYQ — “It is often said that poverty leads to corruption. However, affluent and powerful people also indulge in corruption in a big way. What are the basic causes of corruption among people? Support your answer with examples.” — using concept/chronology or mechanism, evidence on both sides where relevant, and a conclusion that answers the directive rather than merely describing Ethics Theory.

Explain/AnalyseAnswer exactly what the question asks.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1For the prompt cue ‘It is often said that poverty leads to corruption. However, affluent and powerful people also indulge in corruption in a big way.’, directly answer: It is often said that poverty leads to corruption≈35 words
  2. 2For the prompt cue ‘It is often said that poverty leads to corruption. However, affluent and powerful people also indulge in corruption in a big way.’, directly answer: , affluent and powerful people also indulge in corruption in a big way≈35 words
  3. 3For the prompt cue ‘It is often said that poverty leads to corruption. However, affluent and powerful people also indulge in corruption in a big way.’, directly answer: What are the basic causes of corruption among people?≈35 words

Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.

Answer plan

Define/contextualise Ethics TheoryExplain mechanism/chronologyQuestion-specific evidence/examplesImplicationsConcise conclusion

Where marks usually go

  • For the prompt cue ‘It is often said that poverty leads to corruption. However, affluent and powerful people also indulge in corruption in a’, avoid a generic note on Ethics Theory; answer the actual wording/directive and the Ethics Theory proposition
  • For the prompt cue ‘It is often said that poverty leads to corruption. However, affluent and powerful people also indulge in corruption in a’, do not add examples around Ethics Theory unless they prove, qualify or rebut the proposition asked

Value addition

  • 3-box flow: concept/context → core argument/evidence → implication/way forward
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

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