Ethical issues in international relations and funding;

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Need of ethics

  • Ethical diplomacy - 
    • No hidden agenda (Iraq, Libya, Iran, Syria, African countries), 
    • China's delay on sharing COVID information
  • Ethics of War – 
    • Collateral damage, 
    • Intervention, 
    • Human rights violation, 
    • Use of Nuclear, Bio & Chemical Weapon, 
  • Financial assistance – 
    • the corrupt regime,
    • Genocide 
    • Religious intolerance
  • Panchasheel of Nehru – non aligned movement
  • Use of terror as state policy
Corporate governance.

  • system of rules, practices and processes by which a company is directed and controlled.
    • Pillars - Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, Independence.
  • governance by a system of rules, processes, and practices independent of the owner balancing all stakeholders
  • better business results, ensuring sustainability, reduce frauds, balancing diverging interests, facing external issues, reducing the cost of capital, delivering long term value to society
CSR
  • World Bank - a commitment of the business to contribute to sustainable economic development working with local communities and society at large to improve their quality of life
  • A Form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model.
  • important - improve company's image, gain competitive advantage, employer of choice, keep customers loyal, increased value to shareholders
  • Top companies - Tata Steel, Mahindra & Mahindra, Aditya Birla
  • Reliance foundation
  • M& M - carbon neutral by 2020
  • Suzuki - by 2022 close diesel
  • -ve - Volkswagen, Samsung, PWC - Satyam, kingfisher , IL&FS - independent director - directors -
Probity in Governance:  
  • Rename HRD as Education ministry
  • Organic sanitary pads : local innovation of Thrissur based organisation using wooden pull and gel cotton
Concept of public service;



Philosophical basis of governance and probity;





Information sharing and transparency in government

  • means provision of access of government information to public;


Right to Information,

  • Sunshine law


Openness

  • attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes)
  • Shushma Swaraj - GR on twitter , available to all Indian living in a country and abroad
U Sagayam:
  • - IAS in TN, known for his anti-corruption,
  • - Reject Bribes, hold your head high, uploaded details of his asset,
  • - spending a night in grave yard to protect evidence.
Codes of Ethics,

Codes of Conduct,





Citizen's Charters

sevottam model - cc, GRM, capability enhancement


Work culture
  • customs, practices, beliefs, ideas, values, norms associated with work-related activities
  • Google: Free meals, employee trips, financial bonuses,
  • Facebook: Open office space, on-site laundry, focus on teamwork
  • Twitter: Rooftop Meetings, team-oriented environment
  • Netflix: Doesn't measure employees effort by the amount of hours,
  • ISRO success:
  • Quality of service delivery





Utilization of

public funds,

  • Mohalla budget, Jan bagidari
  • challenges of corruption
  • 2nd ARC - Corruption =Monopoly + discretion +  secrecy - Accountability
  • Any act done against individual value system - Confucian
  • Padmanbhaiya & Santhnam committee
  • Honesty begets honesty and corruption begets corrution

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