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Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude

Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude

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Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude Module Preparation Plan

Sr. Chapter Topics
Lecture 01 + 02 Basic introduction
  • Ethics & its dimensions
  • Essence of ethics
  • Approaches of Ethical Study as Indian Perspective and Western Perspective
  • Basic concept of ethics morality and value
  • Ethics in public life and Economic Life
  • Freedom and Discipline
  • Duties and Rights
  • Virtue Ethics
  • Consequences of Ethics in Human Actions
  • Values and Ethics in Government: Legislature, Executive and judiciary
  • Contribution of Family in Value Education
  • Contribution of Society in Inculcating Values
  • Role of Educational Institutions in Inculcating Values
  • Ethics in Public Relationships
  • Ethics in Private Relationships
  • Relationship between Ethics in Public and Private Life
  • Basic Concepts
  • Belief
  • Belief vs Opinion
  • Values
  • Morality
  • Norms vs Conventions
  • Customs vs Traditions
  • Virtues
  • Ideals
  • Some Important Differences
  • Ethics and Morals
  • Ethics and Laws
  • Ethics and Values
Lecture 03 Human values
  • Human value & Socialization
  • Individual Personality and Value
  • Values and Skill
  • Fundamental and Instrumental Values
  • Democratic values
  • Role of ethical value in governance and society
  • Significance of value in civil services
  • Aesthetic values
  • Values in work life and professional ethics
Lecture 04 Aptitude & foundational values of civil services
  • Essential Aptitude for civil servants
  • Foundational Values of Civil Services
  • Neutrality
  • Anonymity
  • Civil Services Accountability
  • Integrity
  • Humility
  • Adaptability
  • Magnanimity
  • Perseverance
  • Impartiality and Non-Partisanship
  • Tolerance and compassion for the weaker section
  • Contribution to society
  • Normative and Applied ethics
Lecture 05 + 06 Attitude and Persuasion
  • Concept of Attitude
  • Features/Nature of Attitude
  • Attitude and Belief/Opinion
  • Attitude and Value
  • Interrelationship between Belief, Value and Attitude
  • Importance of Attitude
  • Content and Structure of Attitude
  • Content/Components of Attitude: CAB Model of Attitude
  • Relation between CAB Components
  • Structure of Attitude
  • Milgram Experiment
  • Functions of Attitude
  • Formation of Attitude
  • Categories of Attitudes
  • Moral Attitude
  • Impact of Social Media on the Youth and Their Moral Attitudes
  • Political Attitude
  • Administrative Attitude and Attitude of the Citizens
  • Bureaucratic Attitude and Democratic Attitude
  • Stereotypes vs Prejudice vs Discrimination
  • Significance of Attitude Change
  • Theories of Attitude Change.
  • Persuasion
  • Process of Persuasion
  • Three Stages of Persuasion
  • Two Types of Persuasion
  • Factors Affecting Persuasion
  • Techniques of Persuasion
  • Underlying Principles of Persuasion
  • Difference between Persuasion and Manipulation
  • Resisting Persuasion
  • How is Persuasion different from Social Influence?
Lecture 07 Emotional Intelligence
  • Theories Associated with Emotional Intelligence
  • Can Emotional Intelligence be Developed?
  • Components of Emotional Competencies
  • The Self-Awareness Cluster: Understanding Feelings and Accurate Self-Assessment
  • The Self-Management Cluster: Managing Internal States, Impulses, and Resources
  • The Social Awareness Cluster: Reading People and Groups Accurately
  • The Relationship Management Cluster: Inducing Desirable Responses in Others
  • Importance of Emotional Intelligence at the Workplace
  • Importance of Emotional Intelligence in Civil Services
Lecture 08 Values and Ethics in Public Administration
  • Ethical Concerns in Public Institution
  • Ethical Concerns in Private Institutions
  • Ethical Dilemmas in Public and Private Institutions
  • Laws, Rules and Regulations as Source of Ethical Guidance
  • Accountability and Ethical Governance Strengthening of Ethical and Moral Values in Governance
  • Moral Judgments in International Relations
  • Ethical Relation in Funding
  • International Relations and concept of Moral Responsibility
  • Ethics in working of international organizations
  • What is Corporate Governance?
  • Models of Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Steps taken by World Bank for Good Corporate Governance
  • Norms for Corporate Government in India
  • Concept of business ethics
Lecture 09 + 10 Probity in Governance
  • Concept of Public Service
  • Philosophical basis of Governance and Probity
  • Information Sharing, Transparency and Right to Information
  • Flaws in RTI and recommendations for improvement
  • Importance of vigilant citizens
  • Information sharing and participation
  • Importance of Code of ethics
  • Code of Ethics in Professions
  • Code of Conduct for Ministers; for Legislators; for Civil Servants; for
  • Regulators and for the Judiciary
  • Components of a Citizen Charter
  • Steps in formulation of a Citizen’s Charter
  • Concept of Work Culture
  • The Indian Approach to Work
  • Methods of improving Work Culture
  • Quality of Service Delivery
  • Utilisation of Public Funds
  • Problems in Fund Release and Utilization
  • Parliamentary Control on Expenditure
  • Corruption in India: extent, dimension, and response
  • Corruption as a social evil
  • Probity in public life Corrupt practice among civil servants and official misconduct
  • Exposing corruption: Civil Society initiatives and role of Whistleblower Act
  • Tackling corruption: Role of government and institutions of governance
  • Controlling corruption: Various approaches and efficacy
Lecture 11 Ethical Dilemma
  • Solving Ethical Dilemma
  • Steps for Resolving Ethical Dilemma
  • Five Important Clarifications
  • Three Essential Distinctions
  • Five Important Ethical Principles
  • Model for Ethical Decision Making
  • Ethical Concerns and Dilemmas in Public Organisations
  • Ethical Concerns and Dilemmas in Private Institutions
  • Ethical Concerns in Functioning of NGOs
  • Law, Rules and Regulations as Source of Ethical Guidance5Law, Rules and Regulations as Source of Ethical Guidance
  • VIII Laws as a Source of Ethical Guidance
  • Rules as Source of Ethical Guidance
  • Regulations as source of Ethical Guidance
  • Conscience as Source of Ethical Guidance
  • Importance of Conscience
  • Famous Quotes on Conscience
  • Conscience and Consciousness
  • Voice of Conscience
  • Crisis of Conscience
Lecture 12 Applied Ethics and Code of Ethics
  • Applied: Euthanasia & Surrogacy- issue/social and ethical angle/case study/concept/conclusion/way forward
  • RTI Act, 2005 – objective/features/issues/implementation/citizens charter
  • Code of Ethics
  • Code of Conduct
  • Information sharing and Transparency in government
  • Transparency and Accountability
Lecture 13 + 14 + 15 Ethics & various aspects (sports/ news/ migration/ globalization/ biotechnology/ war/ animal/ food/ crime etc.)
  • Importance of sports
  • Ethical Issue: Need for sportsmanship
  • Ethical Issue: Doping
  • Ethical Issue: Discrimination and Sexual Harassment
  • Ethical Issue: Sports as a Business
  • Steps needed
  • Media Ethics
  • Role of Media
  • Ethical Issues faced by Reporters
  • Trial by Media
  • Media Prejudice
  • Ethical Dilemma faced by Photo
  • Journalists: Digital Media Ethics, Paid News
  • Business Ethics: Principles of Business Ethics/ Dimensions related to Business/ Ethics in Organisation/ Business Ethics and Corporate Governance/ Journey from Philanthropy to Corporate Social Responsibility/ Issues related to Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Ethics Related to Economic Sanctions
  • Why Economic Sanctions placed?
  • Ethics in Economic Sanctions
  • Conclusion
  • Refugees & Ethics
  • Why Migration occurs?
  • Case study of Syria
  • Dilemmas related to Refugee crisis
  • Ethical Dilemmas of Globalization: What is Globalisation/ Free trade in Globalised world/ Issues with Newly developed trade patterns/ Criticism against global regime/ Way forward
  • Ethics of War
  • Ethics and War theories
  • Evils of war
  • Environmental Ethics
  • Ethical Issues in Biotechnology: Issues related to Stem Cell/ Issues related to cloning/ Issues related to designer babies
  • Animal Ethics: Introduction/ Issues of conducting research on animals/ Issue of keeping animals as pets/ Issue of Cruelty against animals/ Conclusion
  • Food Adulteration and Ethics: Ethical dimension/ Ethical issue related to food additive
  • Abortion: Ethical or Unethical/ Law of abortion in India/ Recent Supreme Court verdict/ Ethical Issue: Health of Women vs. fetus/ Justification for abortion/ Argument against abortion/ Abortion and women rights/ Abortion and father rights
  • Honour Killing: Honour killing is unethical/ Role of khap pachayat
  • Marital Rape: Why Marital Rape should not be criminalized? Why Marital Rape should be criminalized? What are the hurdles?
  • Ethical Issue Involved in Child Labour: Rights of children/ Child labour and company/ Solution/ Role of consumer
  • Ethical Issue Involved in Treating Juvenile as Adult/ Juvenile justice system/ Negative implications
  • Ethics and Old Age: Ethical issues/ Issues faced/ Importance of autonomy
  • Ethics in Public and Private Relationships: Ethical values in Private relationships/ Ethical principles in public relationships/ Linkage between Private relationships and public relationships
Lecture 16 Indian Thinkers
  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
  • Rabindranath Tagore
  • Swami Dayanand Saraswat
  • Mahadeva Govinda Ranade
  • Sri Aurobindo
  • Swami Vivekananda
  • Sardar Patel
  • Buddha Bhim Rao Ambedkar
  • Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  • Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj
  • Mother Teresa
  • Amitabha Chowdhury
  • Aruna Roy
  • T. N. Seshan
  • E. Sreedharan
Lecture 18 World Thinkers
  • Plato
  • Aristotle
  • Socrates
  • Jeremy Bentham
  • JS Mill
  • Thomas Hobbes
  • John Locke
  • Jean Jacques Rousseau
  • John Rawls
  • Immanuel Kant
  • Carol Gilligan
  • Jean Paul Sartre
  • Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
  • Confucius
  • René Descartes
  • Karl Marx
  • Adam Smith
  • Thomas Aquinas
  • David Hume
  • Democritus
  • Galileo
  • Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Montesquieu
  • Voltaire
  • Thomas Jefferson
Lecture 19 Indian & World Leaders
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Martin Luther King
  • Dalai Lama
  • Nelson Mandela
  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • Siddhartha Gautama
  • Aung San Suu Kyi
  • Swami Vivekanand
  • Albert Einstein
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Mother Teresa
  • J L Nehru
  • Lee Kuan Yew
  • Henry Ford
  • Abdul Kalam
  • Muhammad Yunus
  • Wangari Maathai
  • Kofi Annan
  • Lech Walesa
  • Desmond Tutu
  • Isaac Newton
  • Elie Wiesel
  • King Ashoka
  • Sun Yat Sen
Lecture 20 to 24 Case Studies

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