How toppers approached this question
4. (b) It is at the interface of public action and private interest that the need arises for establishing not just a code of ethics but a code of conduct. In this context, highlight the need for drafting a code of ethics as well as a code of conduct.
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
Discuss
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
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 answers
Evidence toppers carried (per answer)
Examples ~2Principles ~2Thinkers ~2Concepts ~2Schemes ~2People ~1Other anchors ~1Statutes ~1
GS4 · Ethics and Human Interface · Discuss: derived from 41 real past-paper answers: counts, not copied prose
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