Ashok is Divisional Commissioner of one of the border districts of the North East State. A few years back, Military has taken over the neighbouring country after overthrowing the elected civil government. Civil war situation is prevailing in the country especially in last two years. However, internal situation further deteriorated due to rebel groups taking over control of certain populated areas near own border. Due to intense fight between military and rebel groups, civilian casualties has increased manifold in recent past. In the meantime, in one night Ashok got information from the local police guarding the border check post that there are about 200-250 people mainly women and children trying to cross over to our side of the border. There are also about 10 soldiers with their weapons in military uniform part of this group who wants to cross over. Women and Children are also crying and begging for help. A few of them are injured and bleeding profusely need immediate medical care. Ashok tried to contact Home Secretary of the State but failed to do so due to poor connectivity mainly due to inclement weather.(a) What are the options available with Ashok to cope with the situation?(b) What are the ethical and legal dilemmas being faced by Ashok?(c) Which of the options, do you think would be more appropriate for Ashok to adopt and why?(d) In the present situation, what are the extra precautionary measures to be taken by the Border Guarding Police in dealing with soldiers in uniform?
What the examiner wants
In this Humanitarian Border Crisis case (Ashok is Divisional Commissioner of one of the border districts of the North East State. A few years…), separate facts/constraints from the value conflict and resolve the explicit asks in order: What are the ethical and legal dilemmas being faced by Ashok; then Which of the options, do you think would be more appropriate for Ashok to adopt and why; then In the present situation, what are the extra precautionary measures to be taken by the…. Defend the preferred option against realistic alternatives.
Demand-wise check
- 1What are the options available with Ashok to cope with the situation?≈50 words
- 2What are the ethical and legal dilemmas being faced by Ashok?≈50 words
- 3Which of the options, do you think would be more appropriate for Ashok to adopt and why?≈50 words
- 4In the present situation, what are the extra precautionary measures to be taken by the Border Guarding Police in dealing with soldiers in uniform?≈50 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Where marks usually go
- Over-writing ‘What are the options available with Ashok to cope with the situation’ while reducing ‘What are the ethical and legal dilemmas being faced by Ashok’ to a token paragraph
- Naming values without testing each feasible option for legality, affected stakeholders, consequences, implementation risk and reversibility
Value addition
- Humanitarian Border Crisis: stakeholder map beside a 4-column option matrix — option | legality/ethics | consequences | mitigation
→ Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.
Verified value additions
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