InsightsIAS Ethics 70 Days Plan Day 18 Ramya, a young IAS officer, was transferred to a Zilla Panchayat as its new Chief Executive Officer. It was a punishment transfer, thanks to her impeccable personal and professional integrity, and short temper. Soon after her posting, a monthly review meeting was called by the ZP President. He …
InsightsIAS Ethics 70 Days Plan Day 17 Case Study 1 Rajendra is a reputed structural engineer and is working for a major metro rail project. He is in charge of design, construction and positioning of pillars of metro flyover. A junior engineer in his team tells him that there is a major flaw in two …
[VIDEO] Ethics and Essay Enrichment Program: Session – 1 About the Program, Click Here In this video important concepts such as Veil of Ignorance Various cognitive biases Cognitive Dissonance Moral Hazard Echo Chamber Effect Filter Bubble Effect And other 40+ very important concepts are explained with examples. The concepts explained in the video must be …
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InsightsIAS Ethics 70 Days Plan Day 16 1) Peer pressure and social norms are powerful influences on behaviour of an individual. Elucidate the statement with examples. 2) There are many ways in which our attitudes get influenced by people around us. Explain how Classical and operational conditional theories can be used to reinforce the …
InsightsIAS Ethics 70 Days Plan Day 15 1) Differentiate between political and social attitude explaining its importance in life of an individual. 2) What is the difference between persuation and motivation? Which one do you think are important for a public servant? 3) Discuss the functions of attitude. Do you think behavioural change component should …
InsightsIAS Ethics 70 Days Plan Day 14 1) What do you understand by Attitude? What role does attitude play in defining our behaviour and actions? 2) How the attitudes are formed? How is it different from aptitude? 3) Do you agree that creativity is not talent but attitude? Justify
InsightsIAS Ethics 70 Days Plan Day 13 1) Do you agree that Ethics are more important than laws for stronger edifice of society? Justify. 2) What role educational institutions can play in inculcating values in younger generation? Explain with your personal examples. 3) Ethics is about others. Do you think that ethical decisions …
InsightsIAS Ethics 70 Days Plan Day 12 1) Are families desisting from teaching values in era of westernisation, capitalism & globalisation? Comment. 2) “If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the …
InsightsIAS Ethics 70 Days Plan Day 11 Case study 1: You are a Block Development Officer. You have been invited by a Panchayat Secretary to attend the Gram Sabha meeting. The meeting has been called to allot houses to the poor with an aim to make this Panchayat free of huts. State government has sent …
InsightsIAS Ethics 70 Days Plan Day 10 Case study – 1 Ramanujan Shastri, secretary in the ministry of defence, is a respected and admired bureaucrat. Defence minister trusts Ramanujan and has given him a free hand in the ministry. Ramanujan, who is at the fag end of his career, recently lost his elder son and …
InsightsIAS Ethics 70 Days Plan Day 9 1) Define the following terms while bringing out their importance in Public Services with examples a) Fortitude b) Humility c) Insightfulness d) Openness 2) “There is no God higher than truth” – Gandhi. What role does truth play in our lives? 3) Discuss the role …
InsightsIAS Ethics 70 Days Plan Day 8 1) Analyse John Rawls’s Theory of Justice in Indian context. 2) Define nationalism? How Tagore’s concept of universalism is different from nationalism? In your opinion can universalism be a solution to present problems of world? 3) Explain the following quote in present context: “God doesn’t dwell …
InsightsIAS Ethics 70 Days Plan Day 7 1. Define and Give suitable examples: a) Public Interest b) Common interest c) Conflict of Interest 2. Do you think there should be an International Charter on Human Duties as well? Comment. 3. What do you understand by retributive justice? Do you support this type of justice? Justify.
InsightsIAS FREE Ethics and Essay Enrichment Program – 2019 This program is designed to enrich answers and case studies of General Studies paper – 4 (Ethics) and also Essays (especially Philosophical Essays) through interactive sessions conducted at Insights Offline Centre in Bangalore. Videos of the same will be uploaded on the website. It’s …
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InsightsIAS Ethics 70 Days Plan Day 6 1) You are newly appointed as Deputy Commissioner in the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence. Your son is suffering from rare genetic disease which requires at least rupees ten lakhs every months for medical treatment. You have sold your wife’s gold and your house to treat your son. You …
InsightsIAS Ethics 70 Days Plan Day 5 1) Ethics in private relations helps in humanizing public relations. Discuss the relation between ethics in public and private life. 2) Define the following terms with examples bringing out their importance in public service. Fairness Objectivity Probity Answerability 3) What do you understand by term political …
InsightsIAS Ethics 70 Days Plan – Day 4 Ethics of an individual in Private life often determines the ethics in Public relation. On the background of this statement compare & contrast the ethics of an Individual in private & public life. “Never mind your happiness, Do your duty.” Explain the relevance of quote …
InsightsIAS Ethics 70 Days Plan Day 3 1)Do you agree that action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics? Can there be dissonance between values that we believe in and our action? Explain giving examples from your life. https://www.insightsonindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ethics-and-human-action-consequences.pdf 2) “The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense …
InsightsIAS Ethics 70 Days Plan Day 2 1) Discuss the ethical issues involved in Charity. Do you agree that charity serves no purpose but ephemeral satisfaction of an individual? http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/charity/ 2) “To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.” – Mahatma Gandhi Bring out the relevance of above quote …
InsightsIAS Ethics 70 Days Plan Day 1 1) What is ethics? How ethics helps in building social relations? http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/introduction/intro_1.shtml#h5 2) What does this quotations mean to you in the present context: “Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.” https://www.deccanherald.com/content/360176/tolerance-patience-signs-strength.html 3) Differentiate between the following terms …
