{"id":51346,"date":"2019-08-17T17:52:32","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T12:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=51346"},"modified":"2019-08-17T17:52:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T12:22:46","slug":"answered-what-do-you-understand-by-ethical-dilemma-how-an-administrator-should-deal-with-the-situations-of-ethical-dilemma","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-what-do-you-understand-by-ethical-dilemma-how-an-administrator-should-deal-with-the-situations-of-ethical-dilemma\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] What do you understand by ethical dilemma? How an administrator should deal with the situations of ethical dilemma?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Demand of the question<\/strong> <br><strong>Introduction.<\/strong> Contextual Introduction. <br><strong>Body.<\/strong> Various situations of ethical dilemmas and how civil servants should deal with it? <br><strong>Conclusion. <\/strong>Way forward. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>An ethical dilemma is a situation of conflict among various principles, creating a difficulty in decision making. An ethical dilemma arises when one has to choose between ethical values and rules in order to determine the right-thing-to-do. &nbsp;Administrators too face ethical dilemmas many times. This lead to difficulty in decision making and require conscience to resolve such dilemmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Situations of ethical dilemmas faced\nby civil servants:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dilemmas between professional ethics and own personal values.<\/li><li>Dilemma due to duty towards the community and being responsive to the government.<\/li><li>In his desire to hold onto a job versus the professional ethics.<\/li><li>Ethical dilemmas can arise, when two equally striking options are justified as right in certain situations.<\/li><li>For a public servant attempting to function as a professional, the demands of law, his duty, fairness, due process, provides a productive ground in which ethical dilemmas arises. <\/li><li>Other types of ethical dilemmas in which public servants may find themselves include conflict between: <ul><li>The values of public administration.<\/li><li>Unclear or opposing answer-abilities.<\/li><li>Personal morals and work ethics versus administrative directive.<\/li><li>Validations for the institutions.<\/li><li>professional ethics and director or executive directive. <\/li><li>Features of the code of conduct.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Process of resolving an ethical\ndilemma in administration:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Personal self-interest should be secondary to the common good in all situations, especially when such circumstances give rise to conflict of interest. <\/li><li>A dilemma should be dealt appropriately by considering and reformulating all the options in a systematic and coherent manner. <\/li><li>To resolve such ethical dilemmas, an order or a sequence of logical reasoning is must to integrate and rearrange the process of dealing with ethical dilemmas. <\/li><li>The decisions should be guided by following principles:<ul><li>The provisions of Indian Constitution.<\/li><li>Democratic accountability of administration.<\/li><li>The rule of law and the principle of legality.<\/li><li>Professional integrity.<\/li><li>Impartiality and neutrality.<\/li><li>Larger public good.<\/li><li>Responsiveness to civil society.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>The bureaucracy should be loyal to the country and it\u2019s people while decision making considering consequences of such decisions. <\/li><li>It is fundamental ethical duty of civil servants to show a spirit of neutrality and discretion and keep their own personal preferences out in the performance of their duties and responsibilities.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Civil servants are responsible for providing justice to many lives. Their impartiality and neutrality is must to uphold his\/her duty towards a society. Dilemmas arise many times in life of civil servants while performing their duties. What required is the objective decision making for larger public benefit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demand of the question Introduction. Contextual Introduction. Body. Various situations of ethical dilemmas and how civil servants should deal with it? Conclusion. Way forward. An ethical dilemma is a situation of conflict among various principles, creating a difficulty in decision making. An ethical dilemma arises when one has to choose between ethical values and rules&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-what-do-you-understand-by-ethical-dilemma-how-an-administrator-should-deal-with-the-situations-of-ethical-dilemma\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[Answered] What do you understand by ethical dilemma? 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