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b) What do you understand from conflict of interest? With the help of suitable examples, illustrate how it affects the working of public servants. In what ways can conflict of interest be minimised?
How toppers built answers of this type: the structure spine and the moves they converged on. Aggregated across real past-paper answers for this paper and directive, not this one question, so no question-specific evidence is shown. No answer text is reproduced.
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The spine toppers built
Open
- Define the key term first
- Context-hook opening
Build
- Numbered enumeration
- Directive-mirroring headers
- Both sides before the verdict
Close
- Verdict conclusion
- Forward-looking close
Moves they converged on
- Numbered enumeration65% of answers
Enumerate points as a numbered list.
- Define the key term first63% of answers
Open by defining the central term.
- Example as evidence57% of answers
Tag a concrete example explicitly as evidence.
- Verdict conclusion55% of answers
End with a clear verdict.
- Directive-mirroring headers37% of answers
Headers that mirror the question's directive.
Evidence toppers carried (per answer)
Concepts ~2Examples ~1Statutes ~1Thinkers ~1Principles ~1Institutions ~1Other anchors ~1Current events ~1
Case anatomy · Conflict of interest
- Ethical issues100% of toppers
- Chosen option97% of toppers
- Justification97% of toppers
- Stakeholders82% of toppers
- Options82% of toppers
- Values in conflict76% of toppers
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