QUESTION 2(b)
GS4
10 marks
It is believed that adherence to ethics in human actions would ensure in smooth functioning of an organization/system. If so, what does ethics seek to promote in human life? How do ethical values assist in the resolution of conflicts faced by him in his day-to-day functioning?
WRITE IN
7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Explain what ethics seeks to promote in human life and how ethical values help an individual resolve everyday conflicts.
ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.
Demand-wise check
- 1What ethics promotes: trust, cooperation, justice, dignity, well-being, smooth functioning≈35 words
- 2How values resolve conflicts: give priorities (integrity over convenience), give principles (fairness, honesty), reduce dilemmas, create shared norms≈35 words
- 3Example from workplace≈35 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
Link ethics and organisational smoothnessWhat ethics promotesHow values resolve conflicts with examplesConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Answering only one of the two questions
- Abstract writing with no example
Draw this
- Diagram: values → decision rules → conflict resolution
Value addition
- ThinkerAristotle: virtue ethics aims at eudaimonia (human flourishing).Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics
- CodeNolan Principles (1995): selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty, leadership.UK Committee on Standards in Public Life
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Abhishek Singh · Page 10 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Ritika Chitlangia · Page 12 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Vidushi Singh · AIR 13 · Page 5 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 3 ↗Same syllabus reference
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