Attitude

The primary function of attitude is to mediate between a person's internal needs and external environment. What are the functions of attitude? Elaborate it.

10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023

Attitude

The influence of ethical principles on shaping socially responsible behaviour is widely acknowledged. How do ethical values facilitate individuals in cultivating a proactive & constructive attitude towards fulfilling their social responsibilities? Can the subjective nature of ethical principles lead to divergent attitudes regarding social responsibilities?

10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023

AttitudeHuman Values

The onset of modernity has altered our traditional bond with nature. In what ways can a shift in 'environmental attitude' help resolve sustainability challenges?

10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper

Environmental EthicsAttitude

"Action is a catalyst for profound shifts in attitude of an individual." How far do you agree with the statement? Give suitable examples to substantiate your answer.

10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025

AttitudeSocial Influence and Persuasion

You are posted as a District Education Officer (DEO) in a Maoist affected district. You have been specifically given the responsibility to work on the literacy mission. After reading the education reports and doing field visits, you find that the number of out of school children has increased drastically and the motivation among students and teachers is also low. While certain basic infrastructure is already in place, the major hurdle in attracting students to these schools include the attitude of inhabitants towards education and the security risks involved in sending children to schools. Given the situation, answer the following questions: (a) Analyse the reasons behind such an attitude. (b) As a DEO, what are the steps that would take in order to increase the school attendance and change the prevalent attitude of inhabitants towards education?

20 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2017

Social Influence and PersuasionAttitude

Persuasion involves deliberate efforts to shape attitudes through reasoned argument, whereas social influence often operates subtly through conformity, peer pressure, or cultural norms. Both play a critical role in decision-making and public behavior. How can civil servants ethically employ both to bring about positive behavioural change in society?

10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025

Social Influence and PersuasionAttitude

Values and attitude are important components of social capital. Explain with examples how they contribute to building social capital.

Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025

Human ValuesAttitude

Discuss the ethical issues involved in product endorsements. (b) Explain the role of attitudinal and behavioral change in maintaining cleanliness in India. Q2. (a) Do you think that the poor in our country are excluded from mainstream due to the moral choices of the rich? Discuss. (b) What are the ethical issues involved in commercial surrogacy? Discuss. Q3. (a) What are the ethical challenges faced by journalists in contemporary times? (b) What are the sources that help determine the correctness of an action? How can these provide guidelines in public life? Q4. (a) When is it ethically justified for an employee to leak information about their organization? Support with an example. (b) 'Competition is good for society, but it also has a dark side.' Discuss.

Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2017

Dimensions of EthicsAttitude

Discuss how persuasion acts as a functional pillar in attitudinal change and attitude formation with requisite examples.

10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022

Social Influence and PersuasionAttitude

You get your first posting as a District Collector in a predominantly rural area. Recently, the office of Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages registered an inter-caste marriage of a young couple. On hearing the news, villagers and family members of the married couple attacked the Registrar's office and are holding their respective children in captivity. One group also enjoys immense political power in the state and have warned you against taking any action. 20 Based on the above information, answer the following questions. (a) What is/are the ethical dilemma(s) that an administrator faces in such situations? (b) Enumerate your priorities and steps that you will take to handle the situation. (c) What are the social and attitudinal factors at play? What will be your role in bringing about a change in these?

20 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2017

Ethical Dilemmas in GovernmentPressure and Loyalty

What constitutes an individual's attitude, and how do persuasion and social influence contribute to fostering a positive attitude?

10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024

AttitudeSocial Influence and Persuasion

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. In what ways does attitude influence one's thoughts and behaviors?

10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024

Attitude

Gandhiji equated cleanliness to godliness. Unfortunately in the land of Gandhi, we find urban areas to be unclean & dirty despite dedicated schemes like Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Competition is often blamed for instigating cheating and unethical behaviour. I do not think the blame is justified.

Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2017

Human ValuesFamily, Society and Education

A. In the context of public service, what does public service attitude mean? Discuss the attitude biases that affect a public servants on field decision making? Explain how a public servant can overcome such attitude biases?

10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022

Aptitude for Civil ServiceAttitude

What is the relationship between attitude and behaviour? Examine how deep-seated social attitudes can limit the effectiveness of ethical laws and institutional reforms.

10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025

AttitudeSocial Influence and Persuasion

While laws, rules, and regulations tend to dictate from above, attitudinal change within communities can bring effective and lasting solutions to many problems. Explain with the help of examples.

10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper

AttitudeSocial Influence and Persuasion

Bring out the role of social media in shaping one's moral and political attitude.

10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2020

AttitudeSocial Influence and Persuasion

How does moral attitude differ from political attitude? Illustrate their impact on public service delivery with examples.

10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025

AttitudeImpartiality and Objectivity

“A public servant's attitude towards citizens often determines the quality of governance.” Examine how positive and negative attitudes impact public service delivery. Suggest strategies to inculcate citizen-centric attitudes among civil servants.

10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025

AttitudeQuality of Service Delivery

Discuss the relationship between attitude and behaviour with examples. Q4b) How does emotional intelligence help in overcoming challenges and achieving success?

Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025

AttitudeEmotional Intelligence

"Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is". Explain. Further examine the role of religion in formation of political attitude in the Indian context.

10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2015

AttitudeIndian Thinkers

How persuasion can be used to convince people to get vaccinated

Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021

Social Influence and PersuasionAttitude

Discuss the importance of behavioural change and role of different stakeholders in addressing the challenges of a pandemic like COVID-19.

Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2020

Social Influence and PersuasionAttitude

You are the District Development Officer posted in a backward region where open defecation is rampant and there is high child mortality due to diarrhoea. Under the Center's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan you spearheaded the construction of thousands of toilets in your area; still people relieve themselves in the open. The media and the opposition parties are already labelling the programme as a failure and waste of public money. You have been asked to report on the reasons for low usage and bring about a change. In this context, answer the following questions: (a) What are the reasons behind people not using the constructed toilets? (b) How can people's attitude towards open defecation be changed? Give a reasoned account of the steps that you will take to bring about this change.

20 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2020

Social Influence and PersuasionAttitude

Public service attitude refers to readiness of psyche of public servant to act, react in a manner to have consistency with principle values of services.

Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023

AttitudeCivil Service Values

Kailash is a climate conscious and responsible citizen. Kailash left his well-paying job as a senior manager in a multinational company and started a small firm that manufactures eco-friendly products. The motto of his company is "zero wastage and green for welfare". His firm makes bio-degradable polymer which can be used as an alternative to plastic bags, bottles, plates etc. Kailash thinks that this will promote a healthier environment and will have a positive impact on people's health. It will also help address the problem of climate change by reducing one's carbon footprint. For this to be achieved, he believes that not just products, but the process should be less polluting. This is why, he invested heavily in non-polluting machinery. These machines are certified as "green machines". In fact, some of them were even imported from other countries. All of this has gained him a good reputation in the eyes of critics and environmentalists. But as the technology used in manufacturing these products is new, imported and expensive, the products made by Kailash's firm is costlier than conventional plastic products. Kailash has proved that his product is environmentally benign, but he was unable to scale up production because he ran out of funds. Kailash knows that if he could start manufacturing the polymer at a large scale and leverage economies of scale his product would become more price competitive to conventional plastics. Kailash used last of his funds to publicize his product. Kailash thought that with this publicity, raising funds from the market would be easy. Kailash reached out to many investors, and they showed great interest in Kailash's product. But none of them were willing to invest money in this product. They feared that this new product, being much expensive, would not be able to compete with the conventional plastic products. Kailash's firm is also losing his existing customers who complain about very high cost of his products. Both Kailash's prospective investors and past customers know that this technology is less polluting and environmentally benign and has a positive attitude towards it. But consumer concern and attitude about the environment does not readily translate into the purchase of environmentally friendly products. Academic research has also identified this gap between purchase intentions and behaviors. Kailash knows that if he changes the production procedure, things can look better for the company on the financial front, but that can take away his reputation and will also be against his own beliefs. The only possible hope is to expand his consumer base, sell his products at full capacity and convince investors to invest in his eco-friendly venture to keep his green industry running. Consider yourself in Kailash's position and answer the following questions: a) How will you induce behavioral change to nudge people to move towards eco-friendly products? b) What factors will you have to consider while inspiring such a change?

20 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022

Environmental EthicsSocial Influence and Persuasion

What is the difference between prejudices and discrimination? Are there ways to overcome prejudices?

10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024

Attitude

"Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent attitude." Martin Luther King, Jr.

10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025

Human ValuesDimensions of Ethics

Lack of cleanliness in urban areas despite schemes such as the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan point to difficulties faced in bringing about attitudinal and behavioural changes. Discuss. (b) What are the various sources through which humans can judge the correctness of their actions? In the context of public life discuss how these sources are important in offering a clear and practical guidance. (b) Competition, it is argued, spurs the best of performance, however, can it also instigate cheating and unethical behaviour? Discuss with adequate examples. (b) "A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both." What does this quotation mean to you? Explain with an example.

10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2016

AttitudeSocial Influence and Persuasion

Examine the impact of political attitude on ethical governance. How can a balanced political attitude ensure good governance?

10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024

AttitudeAccountability and Ethical Governance