CSE · GS-4Official PYQ · CSE 2023 · Q7Ethics · Case Studies · 20 marks · 250 words
English
You are working as an executive in a nationalised bank for several years. One day one of your close colleagues tells you that her father is suffering from heart disease and needs surgery immediately to survive. She also tells you that she has no insurance and the operation will cost about ₹ 10 lakh. You are also aware of the fact that her husband is no more and that she is from a lower middle class family. You are empathetic about her situation. However, apart from expressing your sympathy, you do not have the resources to fund her. A few weeks later, you ask her about the well-being of her father and she informs you about his successful surgery and that he is recovering. She then confides in you that the bank manager was kind enough to facilitate the release of ₹ 10 lakh from a dormant account of someone to pay for the operation with a promise that it should be confidential and be repaid at the earliest. She has already started paying it back and will continue to do so until it is all returned. (a) What are the ethical issues involved? (b) Evaluate the behaviour of the bank manager from an ethical point of view. (c) How would you react to the situation?
हिन्दी
कई सालों से आप एक राष्ट्रीयकृत बैंक में कार्यपालक के रूप में कार्य कर रहे हैं। एक दिन आपकी एक नज़दीकी सहकर्मी ने आपको बताया कि उसके पिताजी दिल की बीमारी से पीड़ित हैं और उन्हें बचाने के लिए तुरन्त ऑपरेशन की ज़रूरत है। उसने आपको यह भी बताया कि उसके पास कोई बीमा नहीं है और ऑपरेशन की लागत लगभग ₹ 10 लाख होगी। आप यह भी जानते हैं कि उसके पति नहीं रहे और वह निम्न-मध्यम-वर्ग परिवार से है। आप उसके हालात से समानुभूति रखते हैं। हालाँकि, सहानुभूति के अलावा आपके पास रकम देने के लिए संसाधन नहीं हैं। कुछ सप्ताह बाद, आप उसके पिताजी की कुशलता के बारे में पूछते हैं और वह आपको उनके ऑपरेशन की सफलता के बारे में सूचित करती है कि उन्हें स्वास्थ्य लाभ मिल रहा है। फिर उसने आपको गुप्त रूप से बताया कि बैंक मैनेजर इतने दयालु थे कि उन्होंने ₹ 10 लाख किसी के निष्क्रिय खाते से ऑपरेशन के लिए जारी कर दिए, इस वायदे के साथ कि यह गोपनीय होना चाहिए और जल्द-से-जल्द चुकाया जाए। उसने पहले ही रकम चुकाना शुरू कर दिया है और जब तक पूरी रकम चुकता नहीं हो जाती तब तक वह रकम भरती रहेगी। (a) इसमें कौन-से नैतिक मुद्दे शामिल हैं? (b) नैतिकता के नज़रिए से बैंक मैनेजर के व्यवहार का मूल्यांकन कीजिए। (c) इस हालात में आपकी प्रतिक्रिया क्या होगी?
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2023 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Ethics · Case Studies
Case studies on the above issues.
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