CSE · GS-4Official PYQ · CSE 2014 · Q12Ethics · Case Studies · 20 marks · 250 words
English
Suppose you are the CEO of a company that manufactures specialized electronic equipment used by a government department. You have submitted your bid for the supply of this equipment to the department. Both the quality and cost of your offer are better than those of the competitors. Yet the concerned officer is demanding a hefty bribe for approving the tender. Getting the order is important both for you and for your company. Not getting the order would mean closing a production line. It may also affect your own career. However, as a value-conscious person, you do not want to give bribe. Valid arguments can be advanced both for giving the bribe and getting the order, and for refusing to pay the bribe and risking the loss of the order. What those arguments could be? Could there be any better way to get out of this dilemma? If so, outline the main elements of this third way, pointing out its merits.
हिन्दी
मान लीजिए कि आप ऐसी कम्पनी के मुख्य कार्यकारी अधिकारी (सी० ई० ओ०) हैं, जो एक सरकारी विभाग के द्वारा प्रयुक्त विशेषीकृत इलेक्ट्रॉनिक उपकरण बनाती है। आपने विभाग को उपस्कर की पूर्ति के लिए अपनी बोली पेश कर दी है। आपके ऑफर की गुणता और लागत दोनों आपके प्रतिस्पर्धियों से बेहतर हैं। इस पर भी सम्बन्धित अधिकारी टेंडर पास करने के लिए मोटी रिश्वत की माँग कर रहा है। ऑर्डर की प्राप्ति आपके और आपकी कम्पनी, दोनों के लिए महत्त्वपूर्ण है। ऑर्डर न मिलने का अर्थ होगा उत्पादन रेखा का बन्द कर देना। यह आपके स्वयं के कैरियर को भी प्रभावित कर सकता है। फिर भी, मूल्य-सचेत व्यक्ति के रूप में आप रिश्वत देना नहीं चाहते हैं। रिश्वत देने और ऑर्डर प्राप्त कर लेने, तथा रिश्वत देने से इनकार करने और ऑर्डर को हाथ से निकल जाने—दोनों के लिए वैध तर्क दिए जा सकते हैं। ये तर्क क्या हो सकते हैं? क्या इस धर्मसंकट से बाहर निकलने का कोई बेहतर रास्ता हो सकता है? यदि हाँ, तो इस तीसरे रास्ते की अच्छाइयों की ओर इंगित करते हुए उसकी रूपरेखा प्रस्तुत कीजिए।
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2014 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Ethics · Case Studies
Case studies on the above issues.
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