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Can personal ethics, rather than external controls, secure integrity in Pakistan's public life?

Asked in 3 years · 2007–2023Appears in:Governance & Public PoliciesEnglish EssayPublic Administration
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This debate All debatesIn shortPositionsNewsEvidence (4)Past questions (3)Same themeIs Pakistan's family system breaking down or adapting to social change?Is crime in Pakistan driven more by inequality or by weak social control?Have globalisation and digital media eroded or enriched Pakistan's culture and social fabric?

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Ethics as internal control, Islamic and professional duties of public servants, fair play in society, gaps between norms and practice
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2023 · CSS Governance & Public Policies · DiscussEquality and fair-play in socio-political activities form the basis of Islamic Philosophy of Governance and public administration. In this context, elaborate: (a) What… Outline it
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Corruption Perceptions Index: Pakistan scored 28/100 and ranked 136/182 in CPI 2025. (2025)Transparency InternationalCivil Servants Act 1973: merit for selection posts, seniority-cum-fitness for others: Section 9(2): promotions to a selection post "on the basis of selection on merit" and to a non-selection post "on the basis of seniority-cum-fitness"; s.9(3): BPS-20 and 21 promotions on recommendations of a Selection Board headed by the Chairman, FPSC (Act No. LXXI of 1973 (26 September 1973), as amended)Ministry of Law and Justice, Pakistan Code: The Civil Servants Act, 1973Weber's ideal-type bureaucracy: rule-bound, impersonal, hierarchical: Max Weber (1864-1920): bureaucracy in its ideal form "is impersonal and rational and based on rules rather than ties of kinship, friendship, or patrimonial or charismatic authority"; the most technically proficient form of organization (Theory of the early 20th century)Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Bureaucracy'Pakistan CPI score: Pakistan scored 28/100 and ranked 136th of 182 countries in the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index. (2025 index)Transparency International

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2023
CSS · Governance & Public Policies · Discuss

Equality and fair-play in socio-political activities form the basis of Islamic Philosophy of Governance and public administration. In this context, elaborate:

(a) What obligations, Islamic Concept of Governance and Public Services place on the Public Servants?

(b) How personal accountability impacts community growth and social order in character and integrity?

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2011
CSS · English Essay · Essay title

Fair play and life, as it is lived, in the land of the pure.

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2007
CSS · Public Administration · Take a position

The professional ethics and consciousness is a sort of built in control mechanism and it prompts the administrative leadership to maintain high standard of efficiency and integrity. Do you agree with this statement? Discuss.

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