CSE · GS-4Official PYQ · CSE 2017 · Q12Ethics · Case Studies · 20 marks · 250 words
English
You are the manager of a spare parts company A and you have to negotiate a deal with the manager of a large manufacturing company B. The deal is highly competitive and sealing the deal is critical for your company. The deal is being worked out over a dinner. After dinner the manager of manufacturing company B offered to drop you to the hotel in his car. On the way to the hotel he happens to hit a motorcycle injuring the motorcyclist badly. You know the manager was driving fast and thus lost control. The law enforcement officer comes to investigate the issue and you are the sole eyewitness to it. Knowing the strict laws pertaining to road accidents you are aware that your honest account of the incident would lead to the prosecution of the manager and as a consequence the deal is likely to be jeopardized, which is of immense importance to your company. What are the dilemmas you face? What will be your response to the situation?
हिन्दी
आप एक स्पेयर पार्ट कम्पनी ए के मैनेजर हैं और आपको एक बड़ी उत्पादक कम्पनी बी के मैनेजर से सौदे के लिए बातचीत करनी है। सौदा अत्यधिक प्रतिस्पर्धात्मक है तथा आपकी कम्पनी के लिए यह सौदा प्राप्त करना बहुत महत्त्वपूर्ण है। डिनर पर सौदा किया जा रहा है। डिनर के पश्चात् उत्पादक कम्पनी बी के मैनेजर ने आपको आपके होटल अपनी गाड़ी से छोड़ने का प्रस्ताव किया। होटल जाते समय कम्पनी बी के मैनेजर से एक मोटरसाइकिल को टक्कर लग गई जिससे मोटरसाइकिल पर सवार व्यक्ति बुरी तरह से घायल हो गया। आप जानते हैं कि मैनेजर तीव्र गति से गाड़ी चला रहा था और वह गाड़ी पर नियंत्रण खो बैठा था। विधि-प्रवर्तन अधिकारी इस घटना की जाँच करने के लिए आते हैं और आप इस घटना के एकमात्र प्रत्यक्षसाक्षी हैं। सड़क दुर्घटनाओं के कड़े क़ानूनों को जानते हुए आप इस बात से अवगत हैं कि आपके इस घटना के सच्चे बयान से कम्पनी बी के मैनेजर पर अभियोग चलाया जा सकता है जिसके परिणामस्वरूप सौदा होना ख़तरे में पड़ सकता है और यह सौदा आपकी कम्पनी के लिए अत्यन्त महत्त्वपूर्ण है। आप किस प्रकार की दुविधाओं का सामना करेंगे? इस परिस्थिति के बारे में आपकी क्या प्रतिक्रिया होगी?
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2017 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Ethics · Case Studies
Case studies on the above issues.
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