There is no Code of Ethics prescribed for civil servants in India although such codes exist in other countries. Do you think code of ethics is important to curb corruption? Justify
Answer: There is no Code of Ethics prescribed for civil servants in India although such codes exist in other countries. However, in India there are several Conduct Rules, which prohibit a set of common activities but no code of ethics.
There is a concern evolving that more ‘generic norms’ need to be added to the list of accepted conduct to address conflict of interest where code of conduct fails to perform.
A draft ‘Public Service Bill’ laid down a number of generic expectations from civil servants, which are referred to as “values”. The salient ‘values’ envisaged in the Bill are:
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