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Their question: “Administrative ethics: "Duty forms the cornerstone of administrative ethics, yet without integration of other ethical perspectives, it risks becoming mechanical compliance." Discuss how the interplay of duty, virtue, principle and consequences can enrich ethical decision-making in public administration. (150 words / 10 marks). NOTE: only the first page of this answer is present; the continuation is missing/replaced.”
Shows how integrating multiple ethical dimensions (duty/virtue/principle/consequences) and naming the cost of over-focusing on any one enriches ethical decision-making, the exact demand of the 2024 'key dimensions of ethics shaping ethical decision-making' question.
Key learnings from their answer
- ›Q1(a) opened by first stating the cost of the wrong approach, over-focus on duty producing 'Red Tapism', disregard for ends, and short-sightedness, then mapped those three consequences in a branching diagram before building the answer. -> Lead by naming the problem/cost concretely (and visualise multi-part consequences as a quick branch diagram) before prescribing the fix; it shows you understood the demand's nuance.
- ›Opens the duty-ethics answer (Q1a) by naming the cost of over-emphasising duty, Red Tapism, disregard for ends, short-sightedness, before mapping it in a branching diagram
What they cited: 'Red Tapism' / 'Red carpet instead of Red Tapism' (Q1a)