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QUESTION PYQ 07
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10 marks

Online methodology is being used for day-to-day meetings, institutional approvals in the administration and for teaching and learning in the education sector to the extent telemedicine in the health sector is getting popular with the approvals of the competent authority. No doubt it has advantages and disadvantages for both the beneficiaries and the system at large. Describe and discuss the ethical issues involved in the use of online methods particularly to vulnerable sections of society.

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What the examiner wants

For Digital / Online-Service Ethics, discuss in sequence: first, Online methodology is being used for day-to-day meetings, institutional approvals in the administration and for…; then, discuss the ethical issues involved in the use of online methods particularly to vulnerable sections of society.. Keep evidence and the conclusion tied to these exact limbs.

Describe · DiscussAnswer exactly what the question asks.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1Online methodology is being used for day-to-day meetings, institutional approvals in the administration and for teaching and learning in the education sector to the extent telemedicine in the health…≈55 words
  2. 2discuss the ethical issues involved in the use of online methods particularly to vulnerable sections of society≈55 words

Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.

Answer plan

Interpret/define Digital / Online-Service EthicsCore ethical principleCompeting value or limitPublic-service applicationConcrete examplePrincipled conclusion

Where marks usually go

  • Over-writing ‘Online methodology is being used for day-to-day meetings, institutional approvals in…’ while reducing ‘discuss the ethical issues involved in the use of online methods particularly to…’ to a token paragraph
  • Adding correct but adjacent facts on Digital / Online-Service Ethics that do not advance the exact causal, comparative or evaluative task in this PYQ

Value addition

  • Digital / Online-Service Ethics: ethical balance triangle — principle → competing value → public-interest resolution
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

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