“Integrity is a value that empowers the human being.” Justify with suitable illustration.

[2021]
Apart from intellectual competency and moral qualities, empathy and compassion are some of the other vital
attributes that facilitate the civil servants to be more competent in tackling the crucial issues or taking critical
decisions. Explain with suitable illustrations. [2022]
 Crucial issues Critical decisions: Resolving dilemma in case of -
 Ensuring justice and maintaining peace in  Conflict of rights among citizens.
society.  Environment Vs development
 Fulfilling constitutional promise of equality and  Objectivity vs empathy
liberty.  Financial prudence vs welfare of citizens
 Safeguarding right and dignity of people
 Ensuring probity and tackling corruption
 To change bureaucracy with colonial mindset
 Ensuring ethics in administration

Sandeep Nanduri, District Collector (DC) of Thoothukudi, TN, took the initiative to launches One-of-a-Kind Café,
Café Able to provides Jobs to the differently-abled.

Divya Devarajan became proficient in the language of the Gonds (Gondi) within three months of her posting in
Adilabad, during tribal unrest.

IAS Inayat khan adopted two kids of Pulwama Martyr.

Empathetic officers are the need of hour in modern day administration targeted towards inclusive growth.
Should impartial and being non-partisan be considered as indispensable qualities to make a successful civil servant?
Discuss with illustrations. [2021]
Why should impartiality and non-partisanship be considered as foundational values in public services, especially in the
present-day socio-political context? Illustrate your answer with examples. [2016]
A mere compliance with law is not enough, the public servant also has to have a well-developed sensibility to ethical
issues for effective discharge of duties.” Do you agree? Explain with the help of two examples, where (i) an act is
ethically right, but not legally and (ii) an act is legally right, but not ethically. [2015]
How do the virtues of trustworthiness and fortitude get manifested in public service? Explain with examples. [2015]
How do the virtues of trustworthiness and fortitude get manifested in public service? Explain with examples. [2015]

Moral authority

Social capital

Power of persuasion

Cooperation and consensus

Policy acceptance

Civic participation

Dispute resolution

Ethical governance
How do the virtues of trustworthiness and fortitude get manifested in public service? Explain with examples. [2015]

Speak truth to power Julio Ribeiro, a retired IPS officer, has

Moral authority consistently and frankly spoken out against
Making difficult majoritarianism
Social capital decisions
Smita sabharwal spoke against early release
Power of persuasion Resisting undue of Bilkis Bano case convicts
influence
Lal Bahadur Shastri choosing to step down
Cooperation and consensus
Accepting responsibility as Rail Minister taking moral responsibility
for a train accident.
Policy acceptance
Pushing reform
B.D. Pandey, District Magistrate of Firozabad,
Civic participation refusing to sign an order invoking the NSA
Taking principles stand
against opposition leaders
Dispute resolution
Whistle blowing M. Karunanidhi controversially pursuing
Ethical governance police reform in Tamil Nadu through
Civil disobedience legislation to insulate from political control.

Dissenting constructively
Identify ten essential values that are needed to be an effective public servant. Describe the /ways and means to
prevent non-ethical behaviour in the pubic servants. [2021]
Identify five ethical traits on which one can plot the performance of a civil servant. Justify their inclusion in the matrix.
[2021]
State the three basic values, universal in nature, in the context of civil services and bring out their importance. [2018]
 Examines Belief Moral authority, legitimacy and credibility
Trust
Improves emotional disposition Social capital

Strengthens values Power of persuasion

Sense of duty, responsibility Cooperation and consensus

Improves sensitivity and moral reasoning Conflict resolution

Easy to push reform

Awakening of conscience
Contribution of public fund
Wisdom, EI and Persuasion ability

Imagination, innovation and creativity Ethical governance

Aligning personal
Shared moral purpose, shared and public Justice | Shared humanity
responsibility, shared humanity interest