How toppers approached this question
(a) Ethical issues involved in the case: (i) Business ethics erosion vs profit Motives (ii) Abysmal condition of worker that goes against human rights. (iii) Issue of child labour which is against rule of law. (iv) Social responsibility of the company towards the employees and society. (v) Exploitation of workers through middleman. (vi) Threat to life of persons working in mines.
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
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)
Case anatomy · Corporate ethics
- Ethical issues94% of toppers
- Chosen option91% of toppers
- Justification87% of toppers
- Values in conflict77% of toppers
- Stakeholders75% of toppers
- Options68% of toppers
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