Writer, Educator, Ex-IRS Officer, Author of books on 'Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude' & 'Essay and Answer Writing'  for UPSC Civil Services

Awdhesh Singh

This course is mainly designed for the students who are preparing for the Civil Services Examination conducted by UPSC. Ever since the introduction of Ethics Paper in IAS Mains General Studies (GS Paper 4), Civil Services aspirants are in a dilemma. As ethics is not a conventional area taught in schools/ colleges, it is quite natural from the candidates point of view to ponder about the questions to be asked from the same, but there is no need to panic and if properly handled, this area can in-fact turn high scoring. Ethics as a subject has its roots in Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology and Public Administration. Through this course, Awdhesh Singh explains the basic concepts and key points that will help one acing the UPSC mains. Do watch and share the word so that other aspirants also can make most out of it.

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UPSC CSE - GS

UPSC - Civil Services Examination (IAS) Preparation

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Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude (For UPSC CSE)

GS-IV: Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude

Practice & Strategy

Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude

UPSC CSE

Ace the toughest competitive and government exams in India 

Test Preparation

Union Public Service Commission Exams (UPSC)

Through this lesson, Awdhesh Singh talks about what is tested in this paper. Not just this, he also talks about difference in opinion, availability bias, experience deficit, how you can score better, and the objectives of the course.

Overview: Ethics, Integrity And Aptitude (For UPSC CSE)

Through this course, Awdhesh Singh introduces Ethics and the purpose of ethics. Not just this, he also mentions the two aspects of human nature, sources of ethics, good and evil, and much more.

What Is Ethics? (For UPSC CSE)

Through this course, Awdhesh Singh talks about the Ethics in Public Adminstration. Not just this, he also talks about the legal, just and fair,  accountability, commitment, responsive and responsible behaviour of a civil servant.

Ethics In Public Administration (For UPSC CSE)

Through this lesson, Awdhesh Singh discusses the democratic and bureaucratic attitude of the civil servants. Not only this, he also talks about the dilemma of the administrator.

Democratic vs Bureaucratic Attitude Of Civil Servants

One of the most common question asked in civil services is the challenge to maintain honestly when the system is corrupt. This lesson will help you tackle all such  questions comfortably.

The Difficulty of Being Honest

Trust is the foundation of all relationships. No individual or society  can progress if people don't trust each other. In this lecture, I explain the reaso for the trust deficit and steps to become a trustworthy person

What makes a person trustworthy?

Why India is one of the most corrupt country in the world? What steps can be taken by the government and the citizens to reduce corruption in India. This lesson provides ten concrete  steps to reduce corruption.

Steps to reduce corruption in India

Emotional Intelligence is extremely important for civil servants. A man without balanced emotion can't be 
happy and successful in his life. 
This the first lecture on EI .

What is Emotional Intelligence?

This lecture explains the five characteristics of an emotionally intelligent person as described by Daniel Goleman in his book on Emotional Intelligence.

Characteristics of Emotional Intelligence

This lecture deals with the need to develop emotional intelligence as a civil. servant. There are eight steps suggested in this lecture, which can be helpful in becoming more emotional intelligent.

Developing Emotional Intelligence

We discuss in this lecture the dilemma of an honest businessman who stand losing a government contract if he refuses to pay bribe.

Dilemma of an Honest Businessman

One of the most difficult dilemma of life is to find out the right values to lead your life. We are not sure, if there are indeed any universal values that all of us can adopt or all the values are simply situational.  This lecture help you Tide through this dilemma.

Human Values: Universal or Situational

Through this lesson, Awdhesh Singh covers the pros and cons of RTI act based on the long years of experience in the government. Not just this, he also mentions the reality of the RTI act.

Pros and Cons of RTI Act

In this lecture, we cover a case study of the CSE 2013 paper about RTI Act

The dilemma of a Public Information Officer

In this lecture, we discuss about the change of trend in the GS PAPER IV in 2016. We also discuss a case study of an engineering graduate.

GS-PAPER-IV (2016) - Trend Analysis and the Case Study of an Engineering Graduate

Citizen Charter deals with the commitment of government to provide quality  services in a time bound manner. It is an important step towards empowering citizens.

Citizen's Charter

Civil Services Conduct rules govern the behavior of civil servants in public and private domain. If they violate the conduct rules, they face departmental actions by Government

Conduct Rules for Civil Servants (Part I)

This is the final part of the conduct rule.

Conduct Rules for Civil Servants (Part II)

This is the first lecture of the thoughts of Western philosophers. We discuss the thoughts of Socrates.

The Wisdom of Socrates

Plato was a disciple of Socrates and one of the most famous Western philosophers. He introduced the concept of Republic as an ideal state.

The Republic of Plato

This lesson talks about Aristotle and the differences he had with Plato, his contributions in the fields of happiness and ethics.

The Mean Path of Aristotle

Epicurus was one of greatest Greek philosopher. His teachings are practical and relevant in all time. Watch this video to learn his philosophy and change your life

Epicureanism : The life of Pleasure

Stoics were unique philosophers who preached the importance of suffering. They even asked people to shun pleasures and accept sufferings as a duty.

STOICISM :The Joy of Suffering

Immanuel Kant is considered to be the greatest philosopher since Aristotle. He proved that moral values can be derived rationally. His philosophy was  challanged by other philosophers.

Kantianism : Morality is Rational

We discuss the core ethical ideas of Hinduism in this lecture.

Ethical Ideas of Hinduism

This lecture explains the fundamental principles of Jainism.

Ethical Ideas of Jainism

In this lesson, Dr. Awdhesh Singh discusses the ethical ideas of Buddhism.

Ethical Ideas of Buddism

In this lesson, Dr. Awdhesh Singh will discuss the philosophy of utilitarianism.

The Philosophy of Utilitarianism

In this lesson, Dr. Awdhesh Singh discusses ethical of Mahatma Gandhi.

Ethical Ideas of Mahatma Gandhi

In this lesson, Dr. Awdhesh Singh discusses the roots of human values.

The Roots of Human Values

In this lesson, Dr. Awdhesh Singh discusses the messages of Swami Vivekananda.

Message of Swami Vivekananda

In this lesson, Dr. Awdhesh Singh discusses the Gospels of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa

Gospel of Sri Ramkrishna Paramhansa

In this lesson, Dr. Awdhesh Singh discusses Raja Ram Mohan Roy.

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

In this lesson, Dr. Awdhesh Singh discusses Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore.

Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore

In this lesson, Dr. Awdhesh Singh discusses the political wisdom of Chanakya.

The Political Wisdom of Chanakya

In this lesson, Dr. Awdhesh Singh discusses ethical dilemmas - The process of moral decision making.

Ethical Dilemmas:The Process of Moral Decision Making

In this lesson, Dr. Awdhesh Singh discusses ethical dilemma means and end.

Ethical Dilemma of Means and End

In this lesson, Dr. Awdhesh Singh discusses ethical dilemma of principle.

Ethical Dilemma of Principles

In this lesson, Dr. Awdhesh Singh discusses case studies ethical dilemma.

Case Studies on Ethical Dilemma

In this lesson, Dr. Awdhesh Singh discusses the code of ethics for civil servants.

Code of Ethics for Civil Servants

In this lesson, Dr. Awdhesh Singh discusses the code of conduct for ministers.

Code of Conduct for Minister

In this lesson, Dr. Awdhesh Singh discusses concept of corruption in government department.

Concept of Corruption in Government Department

In this lesson, Dr. Awdhesh Singh discusses administrative structure to fight corruption.

Administrative Structure to Fight Corruption

In this lesson, Dr. Awdhesh Singh discusses CBI.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

In this lesson, Dr. Awdhesh Singh discusses the principle of corporate governance.

Principles of Corporate Governance

In this lesson, Dr. Awdhesh Singh discusses the corporate governance provision in companies act.

Corporate Governance Provisions in Companies Act

In this lesson, Dr. Awdhesh Singh discusses the dilemma of an idealist social worker.

Dilemma of an Idealist Social Worker

In this lesson, Dr. Awdhesh Singh discusses threat of social protest against an MNC.

Threat of Social protest against an MNC

Ethical Advice to an Unethical Friend

A case study of bogus rape complaint

A Disillusioned Civil Servant

What is Attitude

Functions of Attitude

Learning Theory of Attitude

The Theory of Persuasion

Political Attitude

Lokpal

Utilization of Public Funds

International Morality and Funding

Case Study of Political workers Gatecrash

Case Study of an Executive Engineer

This lesson explains the concept of human values, which is a very important chapter of GS4 paper of civil services examination.

Human Values

This lesson discusses the different types of Human Values.

Types of Human Values

In this lesson, the role of family in creating human values are discussed.

Role of Family in Inculcating Human values

This lesson explains the importance of society in shaping human values.

Role of Society in Shaping Human Values

In this lesson, we learn the role of educational institutions in shaping human values.

Role of Educational Institutions in Inculcating Human Values

This lesson desplaines the importance of work also and its benefits to an organisation

Work Culture

This lesson deals with the case study where a district magistrate is in a fix when he start demolition drive in his district

Difficulty in Removing Encroachment

In this lesson we learn about the the different determinants of ethics

Determinants of ethics

This lesson we learn about social influence

Social influence

In this lesson we learn about the compulsory retirement provision in the central government under the rule 56 J

Compulsory retirement under rule 56 J

In this lesson we learn about the procedures prescribed for compulsory retirement

Procedure for compulsory retirement

This course is mainly designed for the students who are preparing for the Civil Services Examination conducted by UPSC. Ever since the introduction of Ethics Paper in IAS Mains General Studies (GS Paper 4), Civil Services aspirants are in a dilemma. As ethics is not a conventional area taught in schools/ colleges, it is quite natural from the candidate's point of view to ponder about the questions to be asked from the same, but there is no need to panic and if properly handled, this area can in-fact turn high scoring. Ethics as a subject has its roots in Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology and Public Administration. Through this course, Awdhesh Singh explains the basic concepts and key points that will help one acing the UPSC mains. Do watch and share the word so that other aspirants also can make most out of it. Tags: Ethics, Attitude, Integrity, UPSC Preparation, CSE Exam, Being Honest, Positive Attitude, Public Administration, General Studies for UPSC.

(Hindi) Ethics, Integrity and Attitude for UPSC CSE Aspirants

DOB - 17/11/1959.
An Electrical Engineer have completed 33 years of career in power sector with MP electricity board, BSES Delhi & abroad

Krishan Kumar Tiwari

This course is mainly designed for the students who are preparing for the Civil Services Examination conducted by UPSC

(Hindi) Thinkers Contribution into Ethics for UPSC CSE

ISB Hyderabad MBA. Educator on Unacademy since last 5 years. Have written UPSC CSE mains thrice. B.Tech. from IIT Patna. 

Venkatesh Chaturvedi

The course has been designed primarily as an entry for the event 'Teachathon' by the team 'Lone Warrior'. It tries to bring forward the desired traits in a Civil Servant and whether the present system of recruitment is able to get the people with those traits. The course illustrates the public policy research done in 2013 under the Rakshak Foundation Internship Program. The research outcomes were sent as recommendations to UPSC and DoPT for their kind consideration.

Teachathon July 2017 - Does UPSC Civil Services Exam Give us the Officers We Desire?

TOP 10 EDUCATOR ( GPSC)
Msc BIOTECH (University Topper)
CSE aspirant 
Quora Addict


Pragati Mishra

In this course, the educator deals with the second administrative commission report recommendations on ethics in governance with detailed analysis and proper explanation for UPSC CSE.

Second ARC (4th) Report Summary for UPSC CSE

Masters in public administration
B.tech in computer science . Crazy for Philosophy.😊

Raj Priya

understanding concepts related to ethics and morals and difference between them.

Ethics vs Morals GS paper-4 ( Ethics, integrity and Aptitude)

G Rajput

It is about the conceptual clarity on ethics related definitions

Lessons

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Overview: Ethics, Integrity And Aptitude (For UPSC CSE)

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What Is Ethics? (For UPSC CSE)

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Ethics In Public Administration (For UPSC CSE)

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Democratic vs Bureaucratic Attitude Of Civil Servants

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The Difficulty of Being Honest

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What makes a person trustworthy?

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Steps to reduce corruption in India

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What is Emotional Intelligence?

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Characteristics of Emotional Intelligence

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Developing Emotional Intelligence

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