GS-IV: Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude

The National Sports Ethics Commission Bill, 2016

In the first half of 2016, the National Sports Ethics Commission bill was introduced in Lok Sabha as a private member bill by MP and BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur. It was tabled seeking to bring about legislative reform to help ..

Values Theory of Schwartz

The values theory (Schwartz) defines ten broad values according to the motivation that underlies each of them. Power Power takes value from social status and prestige. The ability to control others is important and power will be actively sought through ..

Importance of Emotional Intelligence in Civil Services

The study of emotions in bureaucracy can be seen from the period of Max Weber. He said complete neutrality and absence of emotions for rational administration. But the recent has shown that rationality and emotions are not separate compartments in ..

Emotional Intelligence: Concept and Utility

Emotional intelligence is a set of organized skills that allows people to process emotionally relevant information professionally and accurately. Emotional intelligence overlaps with standard measures organized by the Big Five personality traits viz. openness to experience, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and ..

Glossary of Ethical Values

Here is a glossary of various values Some of the human values explained as follows: Truth Truth is that which is true or in accordance with fact or reality. Truth is independent of wish or will of persons and their ..

Difference between ‘principles’ and conscience

“There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supersedes all other courts” – was rightly said by Gandhiji. Conscience is an aptitude, faculty, intuition or judgment that assists in distinguishing right ..

Difference between Empathy, Sympathy and Compassion

Empathy refers to the ability to imagine oneself in another’s place and understand others’ feelings, desires, ideas and actions. The ability to empathize is directly dependent on your ability to feel your own feelings and identify them. Sympathy refers to ..

Difference Between Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct

Code of Ethics refers to a set of guidelines to bring about acceptable behaviours in members of a particular group, association or profession. It is essential to build professional standards by ensuring ethical practices are followed. It boosts confidence in ..