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Case Studies on Ethical DilemmasEXAMINEYear 201320 Marks
Concept / Statute•Directive•Institution / Stakeholder

Case Study: You are the superintendent of police in a communally sensitive industrial town. A Hindu factory supervisor is stabbed to death by a Muslim worker following a heated wage dispute. Vested communal elements seize the opportunity to portray the murder as a communal attack, organizing rallies and calling for a general strike. Rumours of impending communal riots circulate rapidly on social media and SMS. (a) Identify the immediate challenges before the police chief. (b) What preventive and enforcement measures will you adopt to preserve communal peace?

Exact Syllabus Pointer

Case studies on problems of integrity, conflict of interest, crisis management, political pressure, social boycott, ethical dilemmas in public office.

Connected Questions Across All Papers

Discovered through overlapping concepts: Communal Rumour Control, Wage Dispute Turned Communal, Preventive Policing

Recurring Theme Trend: “Communal Rumour Control”

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