CSE · GS-4Official PYQ · CSE 2016 · Q9Ethics · Case Studies · 20 marks · 250 words
English
A fresh engineering graduate gets a job in a prestigious chemical industry. She likes the work. The salary is also good. However, after a few months she accidentally discovers that a highly toxic waste is being secretly discharged into a river nearby. This is causing health problems to the villagers downstream who depend on the river for their water needs. She is perturbed and mentions her concern to her colleagues who have been with the company for longer periods. They advise her to keep quite as anyone who mentions the topic is summarily dismissed. She cannot risk losing her job as she is the sole bread-winner for her family and has to support her ailing parents and siblings. At first, she thinks that if her seniors are keeping quiet, why should she stick out her neck. But her conscience pricks her to do something to save the river and the people who depend upon it. At heart she feels that the advice of silence given by her friends is not correct though she cannot give reasons for it. She thinks you are a wise person and seeks your advice. (a) What arguments can you advance to show her that keeping quiet is not morally right? (b) What course of action would you advise her to adopt and why?
हिन्दी
इंजीनियरी की एक नई स्नातक (ग्रेजुएट) को एक प्रतिष्ठावान रासायनिक उद्योग में नौकरी मिली है। वह कार्य को पसन्द करती है। वेतन भी अच्छा है। फिर भी, कुछ महीनों के पश्चात् इत्तफ़ाक़ से उसने पाया कि उच्च विषाक्त अपशेष को गोपनीय तरीके से नज़दीकी नदी में प्रवाहित किया जा रहा है। यह अनुप्रवाह में रहने वाले ग्रामीणों, जो पानी की आवश्यकता के लिए नदी पर निर्भर हैं, के स्वास्थ्य की समस्याओं का कारण बनता जा रहा है। वह विचलित है और वह अपनी चिन्ता सहकर्मियों को प्रकट करती है, जो लम्बे समय से कम्पनी के साथ रहे हैं। वे उसे चुप रहने की सलाह देते हैं क्योंकि जो भी इस विषय का उल्लेख करता है, उसको नौकरी से निकाल दिया जाता है। वह अपनी नौकरी खोने का ख़तरा नहीं ले सकती, क्योंकि वह अपने परिवार की एकमात्र जीविका चलाने वाली है तथा उसे अपने बीमार माता-पिता एवं भाई-बहनों का भरण-पोषण करना होता है। प्रथमतः वह सोचती है यदि उसके वरिष्ठ चुप हैं, तो वह ही क्यों अपनी गर्दन बाहर निकाले। परन्तु उसका अन्तःकरण नदी को एवं नदी पर निर्भर रहने वाले लोगों को बचाने के लिए कुछ करने की प्रेरणा देता है। अन्तःकरण से वह महसूस करती है कि उसके मित्रों द्वारा चुप रहने का दिया गया परामर्श उचित नहीं है, यद्यपि वह उसके कारण नहीं बता सकती है। वह सोचती है कि आप एक बुद्धिमान व्यक्ति हैं तथा वह आपका परामर्श पूछती है। (a) चुप रहना उसके लिए नैतिक रूप से सही नहीं है यह दर्शाने के लिए आप क्या तर्क प्रस्तुत कर सकते हैं? (b) आप उसे कौन-सा रास्ता अपनाने की सलाह देंगे और क्यों देंगे?
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2016 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Ethics · Case Studies
Case studies on the above issues.
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