Ethics in Private and Public Relationships-Case Study - II

You are the Superintendent of Police (SP) in a sensitive district. You are known throughout the state for your honesty, impartiality, and integrity toward the law. One night, your 22-year-old son, who has recently been selected for the UPSC interview, takes your private car out. He returns home late at night, terrified, and tells you that he has met with a terrible accident in which a pedestrian was seriously injured. Out of fear of arrest and his career being ruined, he fled the scene instead of helping the victim.

The next day, you discover in your official report that the pedestrian ....