| Lecture 01 + 02 |
Basic introduction |
- Ethics & its dimensions
- Essence of ethics
- Approaches of Ethical Study as Indian Perspective and Western Perspective
- Basic concept of ethics morality and value
- Ethics in public life and Economic Life
- Freedom and Discipline
- Duties and Rights
- Virtue Ethics
- Consequences of Ethics in Human Actions
- Values and Ethics in Government: Legislature, Executive and judiciary
- Contribution of Family in Value Education
- Contribution of Society in Inculcating Values
- Role of Educational Institutions in Inculcating Values
- Ethics in Public Relationships
- Ethics in Private Relationships
- Relationship between Ethics in Public and Private Life
- Basic Concepts
- Belief
- Belief vs Opinion
- Values
- Morality
- Norms vs Conventions
- Customs vs Traditions
- Virtues
- Ideals
- Some Important Differences
- Ethics and Morals
- Ethics and Laws
- Ethics and Values
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| Lecture 03 |
Human values |
- Human value & Socialization
- Individual Personality and Value
- Values and Skill
- Fundamental and Instrumental Values
- Democratic values
- Role of ethical value in governance and society
- Significance of value in civil services
- Aesthetic values
- Values in work life and professional ethics
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| Lecture 04 |
Aptitude & foundational values of civil services |
- Essential Aptitude for civil servants
- Foundational Values of Civil Services
- Neutrality
- Anonymity
- Civil Services Accountability
- Integrity
- Humility
- Adaptability
- Magnanimity
- Perseverance
- Impartiality and Non-Partisanship
- Tolerance and compassion for the weaker section
- Contribution to society
- Normative and Applied ethics
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| Lecture 05 + 06 |
Attitude and Persuasion |
- Concept of Attitude
- Features/Nature of Attitude
- Attitude and Belief/Opinion
- Attitude and Value
- Interrelationship between Belief, Value and Attitude
- Importance of Attitude
- Content and Structure of Attitude
- Content/Components of Attitude: CAB Model of Attitude
- Relation between CAB Components
- Structure of Attitude
- Milgram Experiment
- Functions of Attitude
- Formation of Attitude
- Categories of Attitudes
- Moral Attitude
- Impact of Social Media on the Youth and Their Moral Attitudes
- Political Attitude
- Administrative Attitude and Attitude of the Citizens
- Bureaucratic Attitude and Democratic Attitude
- Stereotypes vs Prejudice vs Discrimination
- Significance of Attitude Change
- Theories of Attitude Change.
- Persuasion
- Process of Persuasion
- Three Stages of Persuasion
- Two Types of Persuasion
- Factors Affecting Persuasion
- Techniques of Persuasion
- Underlying Principles of Persuasion
- Difference between Persuasion and Manipulation
- Resisting Persuasion
- How is Persuasion different from Social Influence?
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| Lecture 07 |
Emotional Intelligence |
- Theories Associated with Emotional Intelligence
- Can Emotional Intelligence be Developed?
- Components of Emotional Competencies
- The Self-Awareness Cluster: Understanding Feelings and Accurate Self-Assessment
- The Self-Management Cluster: Managing Internal States, Impulses, and Resources
- The Social Awareness Cluster: Reading People and Groups Accurately
- The Relationship Management Cluster: Inducing Desirable Responses in Others
- Importance of Emotional Intelligence at the Workplace
- Importance of Emotional Intelligence in Civil Services
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| Lecture 08 |
Values and Ethics in Public Administration |
- Ethical Concerns in Public Institution
- Ethical Concerns in Private Institutions
- Ethical Dilemmas in Public and Private Institutions
- Laws, Rules and Regulations as Source of Ethical Guidance
- Accountability and Ethical Governance Strengthening of Ethical and Moral Values in Governance
- Moral Judgments in International Relations
- Ethical Relation in Funding
- International Relations and concept of Moral Responsibility
- Ethics in working of international organizations
- What is Corporate Governance?
- Models of Corporate Social Responsibility
- Steps taken by World Bank for Good Corporate Governance
- Norms for Corporate Government in India
- Concept of business ethics
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| Lecture 09 + 10 |
Probity in Governance |
- Concept of Public Service
- Philosophical basis of Governance and Probity
- Information Sharing, Transparency and Right to Information
- Flaws in RTI and recommendations for improvement
- Importance of vigilant citizens
- Information sharing and participation
- Importance of Code of ethics
- Code of Ethics in Professions
- Code of Conduct for Ministers; for Legislators; for Civil Servants; for
- Regulators and for the Judiciary
- Components of a Citizen Charter
- Steps in formulation of a Citizen’s Charter
- Concept of Work Culture
- The Indian Approach to Work
- Methods of improving Work Culture
- Quality of Service Delivery
- Utilisation of Public Funds
- Problems in Fund Release and Utilization
- Parliamentary Control on Expenditure
- Corruption in India: extent, dimension, and response
- Corruption as a social evil
- Probity in public life Corrupt practice among civil servants and official misconduct
- Exposing corruption: Civil Society initiatives and role of Whistleblower Act
- Tackling corruption: Role of government and institutions of governance
- Controlling corruption: Various approaches and efficacy
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| Lecture 11 |
Ethical Dilemma |
- Solving Ethical Dilemma
- Steps for Resolving Ethical Dilemma
- Five Important Clarifications
- Three Essential Distinctions
- Five Important Ethical Principles
- Model for Ethical Decision Making
- Ethical Concerns and Dilemmas in Public Organisations
- Ethical Concerns and Dilemmas in Private Institutions
- Ethical Concerns in Functioning of NGOs
- Law, Rules and Regulations as Source of Ethical Guidance5Law, Rules and Regulations as Source of Ethical Guidance
- VIII Laws as a Source of Ethical Guidance
- Rules as Source of Ethical Guidance
- Regulations as source of Ethical Guidance
- Conscience as Source of Ethical Guidance
- Importance of Conscience
- Famous Quotes on Conscience
- Conscience and Consciousness
- Voice of Conscience
- Crisis of Conscience
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| Lecture 12 |
Applied Ethics and Code of Ethics |
- Applied: Euthanasia & Surrogacy- issue/social and ethical angle/case study/concept/conclusion/way forward
- RTI Act, 2005 – objective/features/issues/implementation/citizens charter
- Code of Ethics
- Code of Conduct
- Information sharing and Transparency in government
- Transparency and Accountability
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| Lecture 13 + 14 + 15 |
Ethics & various aspects (sports/ news/ migration/ globalization/ biotechnology/ war/ animal/ food/ crime etc.) |
- Importance of sports
- Ethical Issue: Need for sportsmanship
- Ethical Issue: Doping
- Ethical Issue: Discrimination and Sexual Harassment
- Ethical Issue: Sports as a Business
- Steps needed
- Media Ethics
- Role of Media
- Ethical Issues faced by Reporters
- Trial by Media
- Media Prejudice
- Ethical Dilemma faced by Photo
- Journalists: Digital Media Ethics, Paid News
- Business Ethics: Principles of Business Ethics/ Dimensions related to Business/ Ethics in Organisation/ Business Ethics and Corporate Governance/ Journey from Philanthropy to Corporate Social Responsibility/ Issues related to Corporate Social Responsibility
- Ethics Related to Economic Sanctions
- Why Economic Sanctions placed?
- Ethics in Economic Sanctions
- Conclusion
- Refugees & Ethics
- Why Migration occurs?
- Case study of Syria
- Dilemmas related to Refugee crisis
- Ethical Dilemmas of Globalization: What is Globalisation/ Free trade in Globalised world/ Issues with Newly developed trade patterns/ Criticism against global regime/ Way forward
- Ethics of War
- Ethics and War theories
- Evils of war
- Environmental Ethics
- Ethical Issues in Biotechnology: Issues related to Stem Cell/ Issues related to cloning/ Issues related to designer babies
- Animal Ethics: Introduction/ Issues of conducting research on animals/ Issue of keeping animals as pets/ Issue of Cruelty against animals/ Conclusion
- Food Adulteration and Ethics: Ethical dimension/ Ethical issue related to food additive
- Abortion: Ethical or Unethical/ Law of abortion in India/ Recent Supreme Court verdict/ Ethical Issue: Health of Women vs. fetus/ Justification for abortion/ Argument against abortion/ Abortion and women rights/ Abortion and father rights
- Honour Killing: Honour killing is unethical/ Role of khap pachayat
- Marital Rape: Why Marital Rape should not be criminalized? Why Marital Rape should be criminalized? What are the hurdles?
- Ethical Issue Involved in Child Labour: Rights of children/ Child labour and company/ Solution/ Role of consumer
- Ethical Issue Involved in Treating Juvenile as Adult/ Juvenile justice system/ Negative implications
- Ethics and Old Age: Ethical issues/ Issues faced/ Importance of autonomy
- Ethics in Public and Private Relationships: Ethical values in Private relationships/ Ethical principles in public relationships/ Linkage between Private relationships and public relationships
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| Lecture 16 |
Indian Thinkers |
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Swami Dayanand Saraswat
- Mahadeva Govinda Ranade
- Sri Aurobindo
- Swami Vivekananda
- Sardar Patel
- Buddha Bhim Rao Ambedkar
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj
- Mother Teresa
- Amitabha Chowdhury
- Aruna Roy
- T. N. Seshan
- E. Sreedharan
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| Lecture 18 |
World Thinkers |
- Plato
- Aristotle
- Socrates
- Jeremy Bentham
- JS Mill
- Thomas Hobbes
- John Locke
- Jean Jacques Rousseau
- John Rawls
- Immanuel Kant
- Carol Gilligan
- Jean Paul Sartre
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- Confucius
- René Descartes
- Karl Marx
- Adam Smith
- Thomas Aquinas
- David Hume
- Democritus
- Galileo
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Montesquieu
- Voltaire
- Thomas Jefferson
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| Lecture 19 |
Indian & World Leaders |
- Benjamin Franklin
- Martin Luther King
- Dalai Lama
- Nelson Mandela
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Siddhartha Gautama
- Aung San Suu Kyi
- Swami Vivekanand
- Albert Einstein
- Abraham Lincoln
- Mother Teresa
- J L Nehru
- Lee Kuan Yew
- Henry Ford
- Abdul Kalam
- Muhammad Yunus
- Wangari Maathai
- Kofi Annan
- Lech Walesa
- Desmond Tutu
- Isaac Newton
- Elie Wiesel
- King Ashoka
- Sun Yat Sen
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| Lecture 20 to 24 |
Case Studies |
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