UPSC Mains 2025 · GS IV · Q6(a) · 10 marks · 150 words

It is said that for an ethical work culture, there must be code of ethics in place in every organisation. To ensure value-based and compliance-based work culture, what suitable measures would you adopt in your work place ?

हिन्दी में

ऐसा कहा जाता है कि नैतिक कार्य संस्कृति के लिए प्रत्येक संगठन में आचार संहिता होनी चाहिए । मूल्य-आधारित और अनुपालन-आधारित कार्य संस्कृति सुनिश्चित करने के लिए, आप अपने कार्यस्थल में कौन से उपयुक्त उपाय अपनायेंगे ?

Codes of Ethics and ConductWork Culture

How a topper answered the closest question

Toppers wrote this one in a test series: “Analyze the significance of adopting a code of ethics for creating a healthy work culture in an organization.”

Nupur GoelAIR 11 · CSE 2019 · 167 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening · a definition

Work culture is defined as the totality of process, procedure, technology, environment, socio-cultural aspect of the organisation. ARC II, Kiran Agrawal committee recommended code of Ethics to create healthy work culture.

Code of Ethics is the document mentioning the important values, the conflict of interest & how to deal with them relation with political executive & people at large.

Significance of Code of Ethics :-

Body · points and prose

mentioning the important values, the conflict of interest & how to deal with them relation with political executive & people at large.

Significance of Code of Ethics :-

  1. Gives an ethical framework for civil servants to adhere to -
  2. Give the probable conflict of interest & how to handle them
  3. List of all important qualities/values to be imbibed eg-impartiality, selflessness, public service etc.
  4. Gives amiable relation between political & permanent executive -> More sectoral & inter-departmental coordination.
  5. Increase in motivation & morale.
  6. Makes civil servants more citizen-friendly & thus a democratic work-culture.

Close · a way forward

As said by PM Modi, it has the potential of transforming our work-culture. But it needs to be able ethical environment, quick action against corruption & inefficiency & encouragement of honest officers.

6 more toppers’ answers to this question, part by part, and how they all approached it: open the question.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Main) Examination 2025, General Studies Paper IV, Q6(a). The paper on upsc.gov.in. Themes and links to toppers’ answers are by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.