QUESTION 1(b)
GS4
10 marks
A business house is working on a project that could displace a forest community from their habitat. As the administrative officer of that district, what ethical challenges are you likely to face?
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7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Identify the ethical conflicts an administrator faces when claimed development benefits threaten habitat, livelihood, culture and rights of a forest community.
Answer each partThere is no single directive word, so answer every part the question asks, in order.
Demand-wise check
- 1Development/public-interest claims versus rights and dignity≈20 words
- 2Power asymmetry and meaningful participation/consent≈20 words
- 3Compensation versus loss of community, culture and ecological dependence≈20 words
- 4Neutrality amid corporate/political/local pressures≈20 words
- 5Intergenerational and ecological responsibility≈20 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
StakeholdersCompeting valuesProcess/power dilemmasAdministrator’s ethical obligations
Where marks usually go
- Reducing displacement to monetary compensation
- Assuming 'development' automatically equals public interest
Value addition
- Stakeholder and value-conflict map
→ Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.
Official source anchors
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