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Revision note: Ethical Concerns and Dilemmas in Government and Private Institutions

  • Dilemma = right vs right; temptation = right vs wrong
  • Kidder 1995: truth vs loyalty, individual vs community, short vs long term, justice vs mercy
  • Govt dilemmas: discretion vs rules, loyalty vs public interest, confidentiality vs transparency, security vs rights, efficiency vs equity
  • Private concerns: Bhopal 1984, Satyam 2009, IL&FS 2018, dark patterns guidelines 2023, DPDP Act 2023, FCRA 2010
  • Framework: facts → stakeholders → values → options → tests (law, consequence, duty, virtue, publicity, talisman) → act → review
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