Study Material for GS Paper 4 (Ethics)

1. Dimensions of Ethics
2. Essence of Ethics
3. Consequences of Ethics in Human Actions
4. Ethics in Public and Private life
5. Values and Ethics in Government
6. Role of Family, Society and Educational Institutions in Inculcating Values
7. Basic Ethics Terminology

Part 2: Attitude and Emotional Intelligence

Chapter 1: Attitude

1. Components of Attitude
2. Adjustive Function
3. Attitude Formation Model
4. Social Influence
5. Persuasion
6. Moral Attitude
7. Political Attitude

Chapter 2: Emotional Intelligence

1. Theories Associated with Emotional Intelligence
2. Components of Emotional Competencies
3. Importance of Emotional Intelligence at Workplace
4. Importance of Emotional Intelligence in Civil Services

Part 3: Foundational Values of Civil Services and Ethics in Public Administration

Chapter 1: Aptitude and foundational values

1. Aptitude Introduction
2. Essential aptitudes for civil servants
3. Foundational Values of Civil Services

• Neutrality
• Anonymity
• Commitment and dedication to public service
• Civil Activism
• Concept of Permanent Civil Service
• Public Services Management
• Important Commandment for Civil Servants
• Civil Services Accountability
• Ethical Conduct of a Civil Servant
• Unethical Bureaucratic Practices
• Responsibility
• Courage
• Discipline
• Integrity
• Humility
• Gratitude
• Vision
• Innovation
• Empathy
• Unity
• Adaptability
• Magnanimity
• Perseverance
• Balance
• Simplicity
• Quality
• Patriotism
• Impartiality and Non-Partisanship
• Loyalty
• Objectivity
• Tolerance and compassion for the weaker section
• Contribution to society

Chapter 2: Ethics in Public Administration

1. Civil Services Values & Ethics
2. Status of Values
3. Problem of Values
4. Ethical Concerns in Public Institution
5. Ethical Concerns in Private Institutions
6. Ethical Dilemmas in Public and Private Institutions
7. Laws, Rules and Regulations as Source of Ethical Guidance
8. Accountability and Ethical Governance
9. Strengthening of Ethical and Moral Values in Governance

Chapter 3: Ethics in International Relations

1. Moral Judgments in International Relations
2. International Law Concept
3. Terrorists vs. Freedom Fighters
4. Nuclear War
5. Ethical Relation in Funding

Chapter 4: Corporate Governance & Corporate Social Responsibility

1. Models of Corporate Social Responsibility
2. Steps taken by World Bank for Good Corporate Governance
3. Corporate Government in India
4. Corporate Values of Few Companies
5. Corporate Social Responsibility

Part 4: Probity in Governance

1. Concept of Public Service
2. Philosophical basis of Governance and Probity
3. Information Sharing, Transparency and Right to Information
4. Code of Ethics
5. Code of Conduct
6. Citizen’s Charter
7. Work Culture
8. Quality of Service Delivery
9. Utilization of Public Funds
10. Challenges of Corruption
11. ANNEXURE – I (Extract From Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964)

Part 5: Indian and World Thinkers

Chapter 1: Leaders, Reformers & Administrators

1. Mahatama Gandhi
2. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
3. Rabindranath Tagore
4. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
5. Mahadeva Govinda Ranade
6. Sri Aurobindo
7. Swami Vivekananda
8. Sardar Patel
9. Jawaharlal Nehru
10. Buddha Bhim Rao Ambedkar
11. Periyar E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker
12. Shri Narayana Guru
13. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
14. Amma Savitribai Phule
15. Birsa Munda
16. Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj
17. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
18. Mother Teresa
19. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
20. Sri Vitthal Rao Vikhe Patil
21. Amitabha Chowdhury
22. Aruna Roy
23. Chandi Prasad Bhatt
24. James Michael Lyngdoh
25. Ms. Swaminathan
26. Mahasweta Devi
27. Rajendra Singh
28. T.N. Seshan
29. Martin Luther King (Jr)
30. Nelson Mandela
31. E Sreedharan
32. S.R. Shankaran IAS
33. Shri Kundan Kumar IAS
34. Ms. M. Manimekalai, IFS
35. Shri Omprakash Choudhary, IAS
36. Shri Amit Gupta, IAS

Chapter 2: World Thinkers

• Socrates
• Plato
• Aristotle
• Democritus
• Epicurus
• Niccole Machiavelli
• Thomas Hobbes
• Rene Descartes
• John Locke

10. David Hume
11. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
12. Immanuel Kant
13. Georg Wilhelmiedrich Hegel
14. John Stuart Mill

Part 6: 2nd ARC report on Ethics in Governance

1. Introduction
2. Ethical Framework
3. Legal Framework for Fighting Corruption
4. Institutional Framework
5. Social Infrastructure
6. Systemic Reforms
7. Protecting the Honest Civil Servant
8. International Cooperation
9. Relationship between the Political Executive & Civil Service

Part 7: Applied Ethics

1. Euthanasia Issue
2. Surrogacy
3. Ethics and Sports
4. Media Ethics
5. Business Ethics
6. Ethics Related to Economic Sanctions
7. Refugees and Ethics
8. Ethical Dilemmas of Globalization
9. Ethics of War
10. Environmental Ethics
11. Ethical Issues in Biotechnology
12. Animal Ethics
13. Food Adulteration and Ethics
14. Abortion: Ethical or Unethical
15. Honour Killing
16. Marital Rape
17. Ethical Issue Involved in Child Labour
18. Ethical Issue Involved in Treating Juvenile as Adult
19. Ethics and Old Age
20. Ethics in Public and Private Relationships

Part 8: Supplementary Ethics

1. Common good and good governance
2. India’s pursuit of public good and the democratic dilemma
3. Good Governance and Citizen Centric Administration
4. Ethics in Governance: the Indian Perspective
5. Ethics in Public Life – Reasons & Remedies
6. Ethics for Civil Services in India
7. Administrative responsibility: the key to Administrative Ethics
8. E-governance: Options & Opportunities
9. Changing Conceptions of Political Morality
10. Environmental Ethics
11. Economic Management and Ethics
12. Ethics in Economic Life
13. Failure of Ethics in public life-need for Character Building
14. Reflections on Moral Government and Public Service as a vocation
15. Ethical Convergence: Synchronizing Public Private Corporate Governance