Mission Mains 2021: GS 4 Ethics Discussion
This is for those of you who are planning to write Mains 2020. Primarily, the agenda of this thread would be
1. Answer Writing Practice
2. Sharing examples - anecdotes from Current affairs relevant for GS4 Answer writing
3. Any doubts wrt. Paper 4!
Feel free to pool in your suggestions!
Even I was thinking about the Child's safety.
Thanks for pointing it out.
But anyways shared it just from the dedication example angle.
As newspapers also covered it in that way.
Obviously the flip side is also there which has valid concerns.
Mariposa27,
This example could add a nice touch on
1. Work life balance
2. Personal vs professional responsibility
3. The costs entailed. And is it worth it?
P.S. She has been really focused towards her work always.
Hitman2021,
DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE
Not at all the example for dedication.
1. Maternity leave is not a privilege, it is a necessity and a statutory right, an integral part of service.
2. The act is irresponsible , firstly because you will not have undivided attention towards your work. Secondly, you are exposing an infant to a not so clean environment. And for Christ's sake, where is the mask?
3. Even National Creche Scheme is for kids starting from 6 months.
4. Unnecessary Bravado
2019 ethics marks are damn high
155 highest
Even I didn't qualify for interview but got 122
So we know will happen this year
Highest is perhaps of Vishakha Yadav, AIR 6. She scored 162 marks in GS IV
Kitne kitne marks laate hain laane waale aur ek hum hain jo sirf baatein banaane me lage hue hain! :( Anyway, now no more hereafter. A solemn resolve. Need of the hour is to study with single minded devotion. I, too, can, and I will.
DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE
Not at all the example for dedication.
1. Maternity leave is not a privilege, it is a necessity and a statutory right, an integral part of service.
2. The act is irresponsible , firstly because you will not have undivided attention towards your work. Secondly, you are exposing an infant to a not so clean environment. And for Christ's sake, where is the mask?
3. Even National Creche Scheme is for kids starting from 6 months.
4. Unnecessary Bravado
I completely agree to this bro.
I have already made it clear above that I was misguided by the way the newspapers and TV channels covered it initially.
Just after posting the comment here I realised about this very imp other side of it.
I read first about it in The Indian Express. (13 oct may be)
Now, I have deleted the comment.
We surely have other better examples for ethics.
Mariposa27,
@Sheep May be.
But valid arguments are there for the child's safety because of the vulnerability. No doubt that she is dedicated to her work since the starting of her career as@Sadhika also pointed out above, but I think this could have been avoided.
Can answers in this paper (specifically) be written as first person ?Like.. "I think that this is the reason.. "
Yes, of course. But that will depend upon the particular question. For example if a question goes like this: ''Youare a District Election Officer-cum-District Magistrate of a rural district and as such charged with the job of supervising and coordinating the election in all constituencies of the district in free and fair manner, what steps would you take to discharge your functions in a proper manner?", you can surely answer it as "Being DEO-cum-DM, Iwill first of all ensure that..."
peterparker,
Recently its has been heard due to alarming situation of pandemic an officer of indian officer resigned from the service stating safety as one of the reason.if you have been selected in any services and similar situation develops ..what kind dilema you would have faced and what decision you would have taken ..suggest alternatives too
The recent pandemic caused by the Corona virus has wreaked havoc by adversely affecting almost every section of Indian society, the defence personnel being no exception to it.
As an army officer posted in a region where the Corona virus is continuing to take a heavy toll on human lives, I will have two alternatives before me:
a) To resign from service and thereby ensure my personal safety.
b) To continue in the service along with fighting the pandemic.
I will choose the latter option on account of the following reasons:
1) I am commissioned in a service where I had taken a pledge at the very outset that I will put my nation first and self interest behind. So, I will keep in my mind my pledge and I will not break it at any cost by resigning from the service just in order to ensure my own safety.
2) No doubt, the pandemic is unprecedented and is no less than war, being in army I have been taught to fight with indomitable will and relentless courage and strive to put any hurdle down. I will keep this teaching in my mind and act accordingly.
3) My resignation from the service will offer no solution to the problem. Rather, I will strive to make myself and my subordinates well equipped to face such a deadly pandemic by taking all the necessary precautions. I will also take care that sufficient number of adhoc military hospitals function in this crisis to come to rescue of those personnel who somehow contract Covid-19.
4) Myself continuing in the service will inspire others, most importantly my subordinates, and will act as a morale booster for them; quitting will set a bad precedent.
5) What if I quit and following my footsteps many of my colleagues and subordinates do the same! Whom then the security of the country be entrusted to?
So, even if the cases of Corona virus get spiked in my region, I will continue serving my motherland of course after taking due precautions and safety measures to keep myself and others away from this fatal virus.
BD,
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