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Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude: Module - I (Introduction to syllabus themes, Essence & Relevance of Ethics)

Ethics, Integrity

& Aptitude


Module 1: Essence of

Ethics


Why ethics?


Education without good character is a body without head”

Rabindranath Tagore

Success! GOOD


You & Your

Sense of Right & Wrong

Attitude

Values & Principles

Character


Introduction to the Syllabus &

Course flow


Syllabus

Peripheral Areas

Core Areas


Ethics

• Essence

• Determinants

• Dimensions

• 11 Questions

• Case studies


Three sets of Values

• Human

• Foundational

• Public Service

• 14 Questions

• Case studies


• Gandhi, Tiruvallur

• Socrates, Plato, Aristotle,

Kautilya, Rawls, Weber

• Napoleon, Lincoln, Kalam,

Warren Buffet

• 18 Questions

Moral Thinkers,

Philosophers

Great Leaders,

Reformers &

Administrators

80% of Section A


Emotional Intelligence

• Concept & Relevance

• Application in

Governance

• 4 Questions


Attitude

• Concept & function

• Social Influence & Persuasion

• Changing Mindsets

• 5 Questions


Guides to Action

• Human = CONSCIENCE

• Citizen = Law

• Member of Society =

Regulations/ customs

• Professional= Codes

• 4 Questions


Contemporary Ethical Issues

Privacy

Animal Rights

War

Sports


Case 1: Conscience, Honesty

Case 2: Responsible disobedience

Case 3: Child labour (social issue)

Case 4: Objective decision making, fairness

Case 5: Confidentiality

Case 6: Gender Sensitivity

Case Studies 2013


Case 1: Ethical dilemma

Case 2: Ethical conduct

Case 3: Sexual harassment at work place

Case 4: Ethical Dilemma


Case 6: Rural-Urban Migration (Social issue)

Case Studies 2014



Case 2: Mid Day meal scheme & Dalit participation

(social issue)


Case 4: Values case study


Case 6: Adolescent girls Education

Case studies 2015



Case 2: Land Acquisition & displacement (Social Issue)

Case 3: Senior citizens (Social Issue)

Case 4: Domestic violence

Case 5: Development dilemmas


Case studies 2016


Case studies 2017

Case 1: Values & Ethical conduct


Case 3: Ethical Conduct


Case 5: Illegal construction (Social Issue)

Case 6: RTI activism


Case studies 2018

Case 1: Senior Citizens


Case 3: Alcoholism (social issue)

Case 4: Industry vis-à-vis environment


Case 6: Snowden’s action


Case studies 2019

Case 1: Values priorities

Case 2: Civil service values

Case 3: Sexual Harassment

Case 4: Politicization of bureaucracy

Case 5: Narcotics case

Case 6: Ethics management


Theme 1: Ethics & Human

Interface

• Essence

• Determinants

• Dimensions of ethics


The word ethics comes from Greek

word, ethos/ethika, meaning

CHARACTER OR CUSTOM


The word moral comes from Latin

mores/moralis, meaning CUSTOMS


Ethics…is moral philosophy or

philosophical thinking about

morality, moral problems, and

moral judgments.

William Frankena


Ethics & Morals are used

interchangeably


Professional

(Engineering) Ethics v/s

Personal Morals


• Ethics…(refers to) principles

that guide right and wrong

behavior.

• Morals are core beliefs about

life, humanity, and nature.

Both are different


Ethics & morals

INTERCHANGEABLY


Ethics Morals

refers to professional

practices

Refers to personal behaviour

An absolute standard of

behavior

Customs practiced in any given

community or culture

Conveys sense of stability,

permanence

May change as acceptable

social behavior in the culture(s)

change


Meaning of ethics…


“If Men were angels, no

government would be necessary”

James Madison


• “a body of prescriptions & prohibitions, do’s &

don’t’s” (Jonsen & Hellegers)

• “Ethics…may be styled as the art of self

government (regulation)” (Bentham)

Some relevant definitions…


• “the standards of conduct (minimum) derived

from the cultural traditions of society” (Means)

• “ethics is concerned about what is RIGHT, just or

GOOD; about what we ought to do” (Preston)

Some relevant definitions…


• knowledge that describes right/wrong or

appropriate/inappropriate

• a branch of philosophy that is concerned with

human conduct

Ethics refers to…


• our moral judgments (our ethical reasoning

abilities)

• an attempt to guide human conduct and it is also

an attempt to help humans in leading GOOD LIFE

by applying moral principles

Ethics refers to…


Ethical Literacy

“There is only one good,

knowledge, and one

evil, ignorance.” Socrates


• Being morally aware

• Understanding the relevance of character

• Understanding the CONSEQUENCES OF ONE’S

ACTIONS”

Ethical Literacy


Senior IAS officer held

in bribery case in

Rajasthan

CBI arrests censor board

CEO…taking bribe


Some basic Ethical

Competencies/ Skills


Some ethical competencies

• Embrace and PROMOTE ETHICAL BEHAVIOR

• Refuse to do something unethical

• Maintain truthfulness and honesty

• Be responsible for one’s behavior

• Engage in ethical reasoning


Common Ethical

Principles Guiding

Human Actions


The current society is plagued with widespread trust

deficit. What are the consequences of this situation for

personal well being & for societal well-being? What can

you do at the personal level to make yourself trustworthy?

150 words 2014


Practicing honesty implies avoidance of deception i.e.,

• Lying: intentionally misleading others

• Half-Truth: deliberately omitting critical information

• Silence: Failure to speak at all when you know the

truth

Avoiding deception = honesty = Trust

Practicing Honesty


Will you lie/deceive in

the name of National

Interest?


Honesty: A Case Study


“We combined the perfect voice and the perfect

performance. The reason was for the national interest.”


Principle of Doing No Harm


Doing No Harm

Avoiding doing things that harm other people

• Accidentally (intention to hurt is missing)

• Recklessly (endangering others lives)

Requires us to avoid harming others in direct or

indirect ways

Avoiding harm = Trust


“sundar hain ... bahut hi madhur

vaani hai ...Inki kad kaathi bhi

bahut achchi hai."


FIDELITY

• You should fulfill your commitments (agreements,

contracts, promises, oaths etc.)

• You should ACT FAITHFULLY in relationships

• IMPORTANT BASIS OF TRUST


“A man without

ethics is a wild beast

loosed upon this

world” Albert Camus


• What ethics seeks to promote in human

life? 2014

• Explain how ethics contributes to social and

human well-being. 2016


Relevance of Ethics

• Ethics is important so we can

“improve how we live.”

• By being moral, we enrich our

lives and the lives of those

around us.


Relevance of Ethics

• Respect for persons, showing

concern for others

• (minus concern for others , we

are nothing but beast as implied

by Camus


End of Module 1

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