This document outlines the topics that will be covered in questions to test candidates' ethics, integrity, and aptitude for public service. The broad areas that will be covered include ethics and human interface; human values and lessons from leaders; attitude, its influence on thought and behavior; aptitude and values for civil service like integrity, impartiality, and dedication to public service; emotional intelligence; contributions of moral thinkers; ethics in public administration; probity in governance; and case studies relating to these issues.
This document outlines the topics that will be covered in questions to test candidates' ethics, integrity, and aptitude for public service. The broad areas that will be covered include ethics and human interface; human values and lessons from leaders; attitude, its influence on thought and behavior; aptitude and values for civil service like integrity, impartiality, and dedication to public service; emotional intelligence; contributions of moral thinkers; ethics in public administration; probity in governance; and case studies relating to these issues.
This document outlines the topics that will be covered in questions to test candidates' ethics, integrity, and aptitude for public service. The broad areas that will be covered include ethics and human interface; human values and lessons from leaders; attitude, its influence on thought and behavior; aptitude and values for civil service like integrity, impartiality, and dedication to public service; emotional intelligence; contributions of moral thinkers; ethics in public administration; probity in governance; and case studies relating to these issues.
This document outlines the topics that will be covered in questions to test candidates' ethics, integrity, and aptitude for public service. The broad areas that will be covered include ethics and human interface; human values and lessons from leaders; attitude, its influence on thought and behavior; aptitude and values for civil service like integrity, impartiality, and dedication to public service; emotional intelligence; contributions of moral thinkers; ethics in public administration; probity in governance; and case studies relating to these issues.
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(Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude)
This paper will include questions to test the
candidates attitude and approach to issues relating to integrity, probity in public life and his problem solving approach to various issues and conflicts faced by him in dealing with society. Questions may utilise the case study approach to determine these aspects. The following broad areas will be covered.
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 nonpartisanship, 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, Citizens Charters, Work culture, Quality of service delivery, Utilisation of public funds, challenges of corruption. Case Studies on above issues.