Of the many aspects of public administration, the ethical aspect is perhaps the most important but the least codified. While administrative rules and procedures have been codified in various public documents and manuals there is no manual for the ethics of public servants.
While organisational behaviour analyses the factors which influence the behaviour of individuals in an organisation, ethics refers to those norms and standards which behaviour of the people in an organisation must conform to. While behaviour analysis deals with factual aspects, ethics relates to the normative aspects of administration. The normative aspects are of the greatest significance. Just as for an individual if character is lost, everything is lost, so also for an administration if the ethics is lost, everything is lost. Neither efficiency nor loyalty could be substitute for high ethical standards. In India, though there is no etnical code for public administrators, there are what are called, the Government Servants Conduct Rules. These rules lay down what constitutes misconduct for the public servants. It is apparently implied that such misconduct, which is not permitted, is also unethical conduct.
As per the passage,organisational behaviour is
- Same as ethics in organisations
- Different from ethics in organisations
- Human behaviour in organisations including ethics
- None of these
The Correct Option is B
Solution and Explanation
The correct option is (B):Different from ethics in organisations,
The passage clarifies that while organisational behaviour analyzes factors influencing individual behavior within an organization, ethics pertains to the norms and standards that such behavior must conform to. Thus, they are distinct aspects of public administration.
Ethics is to an administration, what character is for
- An administrator
- An official
- An individual
- None of these
The Correct Option is C
Solution and Explanation
The correct option is (C): An individual
The passage states that just as the loss of character is detrimental to an individual, the loss of ethics is detrimental to an administration. This highlights the parallel between ethics in administration and character in individuals.
Government Servants' Conduct Rules are meant for
- Guiding the ethical conduct of government servants
- Guiding what constitutes misconduct for public
- Guiding what constitutes misconduct for government servants
- None of these
The Correct Option is C
Solution and Explanation
The correct option is (C): Guiding what constitutes misconduct for government servants
The passage mentions that these rules lay down what constitutes misconduct for public servants, implying that they help define unethical behavior in the context of their roles.
The underlined word 'manual' in the context of the given passage means
- Hand operated
- Physical
- Guide book
- None of these
The Correct Option is C
Solution and Explanation
The correct option is (C): Guide book
The passage refers to a manual for the ethics of public servants, implying it is a guide or reference document rather than just a physical or hand-operated item.
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