a : quote of Mahatma Gandhi, with your own personal or professional ex- ~ ety. How do you consider their relevance to the world today, especially In- ae Pages 5 861 GENERAL STUDIES-IV PAPER-V (COMPULSORY) MARKS : 250 TIME : 3 HOURS The figures in the margin indicate full marks and answer length for the questions. Answer any five questions from ‘SECTION-A’ and all the three ques- tions under ‘SECTION-B’ SECTION-A (Answer any Five of the following ) 1. “Be the change you want to see in the world’. Elaborate this famous amples.(250 Words) 25 2. Distinguish between Ethics and Values. (250 words). 25 3. Write about any one civil servant or any other person with great leadership “ qualities who inspired you in your life. Spot the values espoused and followed by him/her in his/her professional life that you would like to emulate in your own career. Elaborate each of those values and how they can help inmaking our country stronger. (250 words) 25 4. Tolerance and harmony are essential attributes ofa modem, civilized soci- dia? Explain.(250 words) 25 5, “For the inclusive growth of a nation social values aremore important than u PTO 3‘economic values.” Examine the view with reason and suitablé BEnples (250 words) : 5 6. Write a reasoned note, with suitable examples, on the use and misuse ae ‘Public Funds’ in our country.(250 words) 25 _ 7. Unpack any five (5) of the following expressions in about 50 words each, 25 a) Integrity in public service b) Moral responsibility c) Corporate Social Responsibility d) Private morality vs. Public morality e) Environmental Ethics ) The ethics of Job Reservations .2) Conflict of Interest h) The problem of slippery slope SECTION-B (All Questions are compulsory) Answer the following : 8. The young Deputy Commissioner, let us call him as D.C. - ‘A’, hada set of plans for his district. The problem came in the form of the local Minister who wanted him to acquire land that was in the name of his wife, for estab- lishing a District Jail. There were several villages that were willing to give land free of cost, so there was really no need to undertake a costly land acquisi- tion. But ifthe D.C. ‘A’ openly rejects the proposal of the Minister, he will be transferred out and he will not be able to implement the development plans he had in mind for the district. So, he decides to play a bureaucratic game of _ deliberate delays, protracted and often unnecessary correspondence with ir- relevant government agencies, and conducting unnecessary surveys; withthe PI a a i a Ntsole aim of subtly delaying the process of land acquisition. Meanwhile he keeps lying to the Minister that things were moving in the ‘night’ direction and the acquisition process would be completed ‘soon’. Inthe intervening period the D.C. ‘A’ aggressively pursues all his developmental plans and implements and launches several schemes relating to literacy, youth empowerment, and environment. The Minister sees through the game of the D.C. ‘A’ nearly two years after. He feels cheated and angry that he was taken for a ride and gets the D.C. ‘A’transferred out of the district, much against the public will. Be- fore handing the charge over, the D.C. ‘A’ writes a long note on the file why the land should not be acquired, marks a copy to the Government, hands cover the charge to the successor, and leaves the District. Two successor DC's “B’ & ‘C’ express their helplessness to do the land acquisition to the Minister, quoting the strong note of the D.C. “A’on the file. The Minister finally gets the land acquisition done three years later, by appointing a very pliable person near the retirement age, as the D.C. ‘D’, who acquires the land. Money changes hands and the Minister is finally a happy man. Examine the above case, and analyse what you would do if you were the Deputy Commissioner. What kind of ethical issues are embedded inthe above story and how should an ideal civil servant resolve the issue 7 (500 words) SO 9. A woman was on her deathbed. There was one drug that the doctors thought might save her. It was aform of radium that a pharmaceutical com- pany inthe same town had recently discovered. The drug was expensive to make, but the owner of the company was charging ten times what the drug cost him to produce. He paid $200 for the radium and priced it at $2,000 for a small dose of the drug. The sick woman’s husband, Heinz, went to every- one he knew to borrow the money, but he could only get together about $1,000 whichis half of whatit cost. He told the owner that his wife was dying and asked him to sell it cheaper or let him pay later. But the druggist said : “ No, I discovered the drug and I'm going to make money from it.” So Heinz got desperate and broke into the man’s labora-eon tory to steal the drug for his wife. Analyse the case and explain what would you do if you were in a similar situation ? Your answer should be categorical and your reasoning should be clear.(250 words) 25 10, Botswana isa multi-religious country. Some of the staff members and students are Muslims while some are Christians. It is common knowledge that different Christian denominations have different ways of pursuing their religious practices. as evidenced by the fact that people who belong to the Seventh Day Adventist Churce go to church on Saturdays. According to them, the Sabbath starts at 6 p.m. on Friday and ends at 6 p.m. on Saturday. During this period, all members are not supposed to do anything that may be viewed or perceived as “work.” Members of other churches such as the Methodist church, Anglican etc.on the other hand, go to church on Sundays. Asa result of these differences, the University of Botswana was at one stage faced with a difficult task of satisfying the religious interests and liberties of students of the Seventh Day Adventist church without compromising the welfare and the interests ofother religious groups. As away of ensuring that students are not overburdened with work during the final examination period, a decision was taken by the University that some of the papers should be written on weekends. Students of the Seventh Day ‘Adventist church demanded that they be excused from sitting in the final ex- aminations on Friday evenings and Saturdays because that is the time that they use to worship God. They contended that the university has no right to force themto sit for examinations on their day of worship because the country’s constitution gives them the right to worship God as freely as possible. Instead of being forced to comply with the university regulations governing the con- duct of final exams, they argued that special exams must be set for themso that they can worship without any hindrance. When the issue was discussed at the departmental level, some departments (4st the examination regulations should be enforced without fail, Thi ie who fail to attend the exams for any reason ae SS mark. The argument advanced was that students can make achoice ween their academic work and their religious beliefs. Most importantly, some people argued that if students do not sit for the final exams because of ipeir religion, Lecturers will be forced to prepare special exams for them, thus jncreasing their workload. Other members of staff argued that by failing to the interests of the affected students, the university will be con- travening the country’s constitution which gives people the right and freedom toworship. They strongly contended that it will be highly embarrassing for an institution of higher learning to trample upon the fundamental human rights and freedoms of the affected students After prolonged discussions and debate, the university management decided that all final exams scheduled for weekends will go ahead as it has always been done. It was explained in clear terms that all students who miss exams for personal or religious reasons will be awarded a zero mark and will have to take the course(s) again. This is because students belonging to other Christian denominations wanted to be accommodated and argued that they should also be exempted from sitting for examinations on Sundays. The Muslim students also contended that no exams should be set for Fridays because that would deny them an opportunity to go to the mosque and pray. Hence, the university management decided that religious beliefs should not be allowed to interfere with the operations of the university. If you were the University Administrator, what would your decision be in a situation like this ? Do you agree with the decision made by the University management ?Ifso, why ? IFnot, why ? Discuss the ethical dilemmas that you as an administrator will face under such circumstances given the context of our own country which is also.a multi-religious country and has a constitution that lets people preach, practice and profess their respective religions. (500 words) 50 RARE RRR HE