GS4 · 10 marks · 150 words

Ethical business practices are key for long-term survival of a company. Comment.

Answered by 9 toppers · CSE 2020–2021

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.

How toppers approached it

From all 9 answers · about 150 words · 56% drew a diagram.

Opening

  • A definition67%
  • A date or context11%
  • No separate opening11%
  • A quotation11%

Body

  • Points and prose67%
  • Points33%

Close

  • No separate close44%
  • A summary22%
  • A way forward22%
  • A quotation11%

The toppers’ answers

Jagrati AwasthiAIR 2 · CSE 2020 · 198 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening

As the government moves towards a more restricted role in the public sphere, corporates and companies occupy key public spaces. They create employment, provide goods and services.

Ethical practices are seen as antithetical to profit by the companies and they often engage in unethical practices for short term gains.

However, long term survival requires ethical business.

Body · points and prose

  • Ethical business
    • Transparent
    • Fair
    • Accountable
    • Independent monitoring

Benefits :- (i) Trust of investor when data sharing is transparent and nothing is hidden from them.

(ii) Public trust

  • reputation of company as ethical promotes its Brand image eg Tata
  • CSR activities of companies earn it social capital in terms of social acceptance
  • Product recall when found faulty create a market image. People trust company for its accountability. Thus selling of products increases in long run

(iii) Employee morale & productivity

  • culture of fairness, gender-justice, etc improve work culture
  • create a sense of pride in belonging to company, loyalty towards company.

Close · a summary

Thus ethical governance is a key to remain in public over a long term TATA are a good example as they survived an entire century in market through their good image.

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