Ethics

Understand and apply ethics in the public sector, to solve ethical dilemmas and ensure prevalence of public sector values.

Type

Functional

Competency Area

Public Administration

Levels

Understands public sector ethics

Understands the role of public sector ethics in ensuring accountability between the public and the administration

Aware of ancient and contemporary histories of public sector ethics in India

Describes the significance of ethics in public administration, with a focus on stakeholders needs and expectations

Lists at least 3 approaches to ethical reasoning (utilitarian, rights approach, justice approach, etc)

Documents significance of ethics in public administration

Contributes to institutional discussions on public sector values (transparency, accountability, integrity, etc.)

Synthesises ancient and contemporary histories of public sector ethics, with a focus on 21st century challenges

Documents reasons for the significance of ethics in public administration (public resource utilisation, curbing corruptions, etc.)

Differentiates between approaches to ethical reasoning and their analyses of ethical problems

Investigates 21st century challenges through public and private sector ethics

Reviews public sector ethics through tools that enable accountability (RTI, social audits, etc.)

Investigates 21st century challenges through public and private sector ethics

Examines the significance of ethics in public administration through administrative codes, procedures, rules, and regulations

Analyses ethical problems in the public sector using approaches to ethical reasoning

Solves 21st century challenges by determining role of ethics

Encourages innovation in the development of online and offline tools that enable public sector values

Solves 21st century challenges by employing anticipatory governance techniques that determine the role of ethics

Institutionalises ethics trainings as part of anticorruption and integrity policies

Solves ethical dilemmas in the public sector using theoretical and practical approach to ethical reasoning