How toppers approached this question
3. (b) "If ethics are poor at the top, that behavior is copied down through the organization." - Robert Noyce (Answer in 150 words)
The method real toppers converged on for this past-paper question: the structure spine, the moves, and the evidence they carried. Aggregated across real answers; no answer text is reproduced.
The topper method
The spine toppers built
Open
- Define the key term first
- Context-hook opening
Build
- Numbered enumeration
- Directive-mirroring headers
- Problems then remedies
Close
- Verdict conclusion
- Forward-looking close
Moves they converged on
- Numbered enumeration66% of answers
Enumerate points as a numbered list.
- Verdict conclusion66% of answers
End with a clear verdict.
- Define the key term first56% of answers
Open by defining the central term.
- Example as evidence56% of answers
Tag a concrete example explicitly as evidence.
Advaitaair hostess stressAmazon tribesAnekantavada+2 - Directive-mirroring headers39% of answers
Headers that mirror the question's directive.
- ‘However’ pivot29% of answers
Pivot to nuance with a qualifier.
- Problems then remedies29% of answers
Pair each problem with a remedy.
- Thinker / quote as authority29% of answers
Invoke a thinker or quote as authority.
Mahatma GandhiBaumeister and BushmanImmanuel KantJc Bose+2
Anchors they deployed as moves
- Examplesas evidence (example)· 39% of answersAmazon tribesDiwali & Lord RamSikh LangarNon-eating of meat
- Thinkersas authority (thinker / quote)· 24% of answersGandhiPlatoMahatma GandhiMill's Utilitarianism, Kantian Ethics
- Peopleas evidence (example)· 17% of answersIAS Pooja SinghalIPS Anuj SheikhDM NepalganjMichael Phelps
- Schemesas evidence (scheme)· 12% of answersMNREGAPDSNEP 2020Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
- Principlesas evidence (example)· 10% of answersAnekantavadaAdvaitaSarva Dharma SambhaavamVasudhaiva Kutumbakam
Evidence toppers carried (per answer)
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