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GS4 · 10 marks · 150 words
Ensuring that government decisions are not influenced by public officials' private interests is a growing concern. Discuss in the context of India. Also enumerate the core principles reflected by OECD guidelines for managing conflict of interest in the public sector.
Answered by 19 toppers · CSE 2017–2020
Conflict of InterestProbity in GovernanceCivil Service ValuesAccountability and Ethical GovernanceEthical Dilemmas in GovernmentCorruptionImpartiality and Objectivity
Syllabus: 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.
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The toppers’ answers
- Junaid Ahmad · AIR 3 · CSE 2018
- Atul Prakash · AIR 4 · CSE 2017
- Abhishek Saraf · AIR 8 · CSE 2019
- Ashima Mittal · AIR 12 · CSE 2017
- Sagar Kumar · AIR 13 · CSE 2017
- Shivani Goyal · AIR 15 · CSE 2017
- Atirag Chaplot · AIR 15 · CSE 2018
- Rahul Jain · AIR 21 · CSE 2018
- Maithreyi Naidu · AIR 27 · CSE 2020
- Keerthi Vasan · AIR 29 · CSE 2017
- Sameer Saurabh · AIR 32 · CSE 2018
- Navneet Mann · AIR 33 · CSE 2019
- Haseeb · AIR 36 · CSE 2017
- Vikramaditya Malik · AIR 48 · CSE 2017
- Sambit Mishra · AIR 51 · CSE 2017
- Fatima · AIR 62 · CSE 2017
- Rohan Joshi · AIR 67 · CSE 2017
- Manish Kumar · AIR 84 · CSE 2017
- Prateek Jain · AIR 86 · CSE 2017
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