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“For a public servant there is no black-and-white situation, but his reactions or responses are good or bad-whether s/he reacts negative or responds positive to the situation is, therefore, the more important.” Explain and answer the following questions: (a) What is the difference between reacting and responding? (7.5 Marks) (b) Are Confusion and Dilemma the natural routes to understand a situation and find solutions or obstacles? (7.5 Marks)

(a) What is the difference between reacting and responding?

 

A reaction is typically quick, without much thought, tense and aggressive. A response is thought out, calm and non-threatening.

A reaction typically provokes more reactions – perpetuating a long line of hatefulness with nothing accomplished. A response typically provokes discussion – perpetuating healthy discussion (debate even) that leads to resolution.

(b) Are Confusion and Dilemma the natural routes to understand a situation and find solutions or obstacles?

Decision making is the process of making choices by identifying a decision, gathering information, and assessing alternative resolutions. Decisions can be made related to the situation, issues, etc.

During the process of decision making information related to the subject is gathered and different alternatives related to the problem are analyzed.

Confusion occurs when there is a lack of clarity and analyses of different alternatives become troublesome due to the lack of information about different variables associated with it.

Whereas dilemma occurs in a circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives neither of which is unambiguously acceptable or preferable. The complexity arises out of the situational conflict in which obeying one would result in transgressing another.

While taking a decision confusion and dilemma is common and natural course of action to reach the desired outcome.

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16 responses to ““For a public servant there is no black-and-white situation, but his reactions or responses are good or bad-whether s/he reacts negative or responds positive to the situation is, therefore, the more important.” Explain and answer the following questions: (a) What is the difference between reacting and responding? (7.5 Marks) (b) Are Confusion and Dilemma the natural routes to understand a situation and find solutions or obstacles? (7.5 Marks)”

  1. Shah Fahad Avatar
    Shah Fahad

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    1. Parth Verma Avatar
      Parth Verma

      Very good tabular form of discussion.
      The overall content in a and b are very good.
      Your language is perfect for ethics and so does your explanation.
      The content is deep and structure decent

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    1. Parth Verma Avatar
      Parth Verma

      Hi Yogesh
      The overall discussion is quite good.
      A very good intro.
      The answer has good depth and coverage.
      Very good structuring
      But work on your presentation in terms of clarity.
      With this handwriting, you have to make sure that your points and presentation are clear.
      Underline imp stuff in your answers.
      Good conclusion.

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    swetha K

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    1. Parth Verma Avatar
      Parth Verma

      The answer in (a) reaches its talking point quite late.
      The intro and starting points are a bit stretched and hence they lack proper depth in terms of the content.
      The language is fine.
      Very good example in (a)

      A very good discussion in (b)
      The content is well discussed and well explained.
      Good content and structure.

  4. SANU Avatar
    SANU

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    1. Parth Verma Avatar
      Parth Verma

      You can give a better example like police in riot-affected areas or a doctor in the disaster stuck area etc.
      The overall discussion in the 1st part is good though.
      the content is decent and explanation crisp.
      The overall discussion is OK in (b).
      Good structure.
      The presentation needs improvement though.
      The explanation is fine.

  5. Balakumaran Kand Avatar
    Balakumaran Kand

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    1. Parth Verma Avatar
      Parth Verma

      The answer lacks depth in both parts.
      Your points should reflect more depth.
      The overall content needs more points.
      Read the answer of Shah Fahad.
      Good presentation and structuring though.
      Decent language.

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    Deepanshu Gulyani

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    1. Parth Verma Avatar
      Parth Verma

      The overall discussion is quite good.
      The answer has decent depth and coverage.
      Very good structuring
      Good conclusion.
      The content is decent and explanation crisp.
      Language is superb for ethics answers.
      Decent examples

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    Divya Murugesan

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    1. Parth Verma Avatar
      Parth Verma

      The only issue with the answer is that it is bereft of examples.
      The ethics answers, especially the static ones, need decent examples in each answer to drive home your point.
      The rest of the answer is fine.
      Good explanation and crisp language.
      Good structure also.

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    1. Parth Verma Avatar
      Parth Verma

      The example in the (a) part needs to be better and more suited to the civil services conundrum.
      The example in the (b) is perfect.
      Your answer or the static questions should have a decent amount of examples keeping civil services at the center.
      The overall coverage is quite decent.
      Points are well placed and informative.
      Language is very good