CSE · GS-4Official PYQ · CSE 2013 · Q13Ethics · Case Studies · 20 marks · 250 words
English
As a senior officer in the Finance Ministry, you have access to some confidential and crucial information about policy decisions that the Government is about to announce. These decisions are likely to have far-reaching impact on the housing and construction industry. If the builders have access to this information beforehand, they can make huge profits. One of the builders has done a lot of quality work for the Government and is known to be close to your immediate superior, who asks you to disclose this information to the said builder. (a) What are the options available to you? (b) Evaluate each of these options and choose the option which you would adopt, giving reasons.
हिन्दी
वित्त मंत्रालय में एक वरीय अधिकारी होने के नाते, सरकार द्वारा घोषित किए जाने वाले कुछ नीतिगत निर्णयों की गोपनीय एवं महत्त्वपूर्ण सूचना की आपको जानकारी मिलती है। इन निर्णयों के भवन एवं निर्माण उद्योग पर दूरगामी प्रभाव पड़ सकते हैं। यदि भवन निर्माताओं को पहले ही यह जानकारी मिल जाती है, तो वे उससे बड़े लाभ उठा सकते हैं। निर्माताओं में से एक ऐसा है जिसने सरकार के लिए अच्छी गुणवत्ता का काफ़ी काम किया है और वह आपके आसन्न वरिष्ठ अधिकारी का घनिष्ठ है जिन्होंने आपको उक्त सूचना को उस निर्माता को अनावृत करने के लिए संकेत भी दिया है। (a) आपके पास क्या-क्या विकल्प उपलब्ध हैं? (b) प्रत्येक विकल्प का मूल्यांकन करके बताइए कि आप कौन-सा विकल्प चुनेंगे। उसके कारण भी बताइए।
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2013 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Ethics · Case Studies
Case studies on the above issues.
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