Accountability & Ethical Governance

In this respect, the NEP 2020 has aligned with Gandhi’s vision in that development is Gandhian when it is full bod DEVELOPMENT. It stresses on:

-Early Childhood Care & Education (ECCE): From 3-6 years of age, the early years, NEP also put superordinate on learning foundation to build up the body, mind and spirit.

-Multilingualism: While Gandhi insisted that mother tongue instruction preserves and strengthens cultural frameworks, it improves self-esteem.

-Experiential Learning: The focus of NEP on activity based learning, freedom exploration inquiry, creativity and critical thinking shows us that Gandhian also favoured pragmatic education.

-Vocational Training: If the vocational training could be put side-by-side with the academics then the student himself would be ready to face the world as the Gandhiji wanted the people of India to be self-employed and skilled.

Focus on Values: NEP has focused on ethical standards, social purposes and environmental concern another principal of Gandhi’s vision.

Thus, the NEP 2020 attempts to go beyond the mechanical process of cramming and make an effort to realize the desired formation of the product for which Mahatma Gandhi desired; a well-rounded individual.

The most serious offense with regard to the privacy of the individual is the unauthorized acquisition of personal information. This means that the users must have full of control for their information as well as how it can be utilized.

In fairness, although some have indicators of truthfulness about their methods that, honestly, range from dismal to nonexistent, the same cannot be said about another key area: There is a total absence, as well, of truthful disclosure with respect to what they do with their data collected from their users for purposes of targeted advertising. A significant violation of the expectations of the users for companies;.

-Possibility of Manipulation: Adverts linked to users may exploit the loophole so as to make self-serving decisions, in a way that is not beneficial to the users.

-Questionable Morality: Callous and non-indicated collection and use of personal data raise questions concerning justice, freedom, and likelihood of discrimination.

These include the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and so many others; these laws state that the organization needs to seek permission before it can collect and use an individual’s personal information to deliver personalized ads.

Transparency and Control: The practice should declare on the acquisition and uses of its data with respect to users and the latter should be given full freedom to turn off those targeted advertisements.

-Data Minimization: The relevant authorities should advise companies to gather and employ customer data in its barest form sufficient to serve its advertising function.

It will have a multi-faceted approach to safeguarding a constitution against amendments that may undermine the basic rights. Some of the key strategies include:

Constitutional Safeguards

Rigid Constitution: The rigidity of a constitution can be enhanced by making amendments in the constitution by special majority or through a referendum. This makes it difficult to change fundamental rights.
Judicial Review: A strong and independent judiciary can review the constitutionality of laws and amendments, thus not violating the fundamental rights.
-Fundamental Rights: The constitution can be difficult to amend in a way that erodes fundamental rights if they are clearly defined and protected.

Public Awareness and Participation:

-Civic Education: Educating the public about the importance of fundamental rights and the role of the constitution in protecting them.
-Active Citizenry: Encouraging citizens to participate in public discourse and hold governments accountable for upholding constitutional values.
-Civil Society Organizations: Supporting civil society organizations that monitor government actions and advocate for human rights.

Institutional Mechanisms:

Independent Commissions: Setting up independent commissions to oversee the implementation of fundamental rights and investigate violations.
Parliamentary Committees: Strengthening parliamentary committees to scrutinize legislation and government policies that may affect fundamental rights.
Media Freedom: Protecting media freedom to ensure independent reporting and public scrutiny.

Combining these strategies can, therefore, be effective in protecting a constitution as well as taking care of fundamental rights from degradation to build a just and fair society.

These are the ways in which ethical principles form and challenge gender stereotypes:

-Equality and Fairness: Ethical principles demand and promote equality and fair treatment, thereby challenging the gender stereotype system, which invariably limits opportunities and forms expectations of behavior.
-Individuality Respect: Ethical considerations emphasize the fact that everybody should be treated with respect irrespective of their gender identity or expression.
-Non-Discrimination: Ethical schools of thought favor the argument of non-discrimination as regards gender, thus creating similar opportunities for all individuals and treating everyone the same.

2. Inclusive Environments:

Diversity and Inclusion: An ethical organization must always create an environment in which people of all genders feel valued and treated.

Fair Treatment: Ethical activities therefore ensure that individuals are treated equally irrespective of gender.

Bias Awareness: An ethical leader more often is one who will enlighten people concerning bias against gender and work to eradicate it in all areas of decision making.

3. Ethical Communication:

Avoiding Stereotypes: Ethical communication does not perpetuate the dangerous stereotypes that exist in relation to words, images, and messages.
Use Respectful Language: Inclusion and breaking stereotype development should include language.
Media and advertisement should show diverse gender roles and real representation.

Ethical considerations lead people and organizations to make good contributions in terms of demolishing bad gender stereotypes and creating an even better world.

Compliance vs. Ethics: A Comparative Analysis

Although, the terms compliance and ethics are used interchangeably, in actuality they refer to two different things.

-Compliance: Compliance with laid down procedures and policies, quality standards, and laws. This is actually one of the legal and other regulations that must be followed.
-Ethics: Ethics as the standards of behavior of a person or the business, as well as the regulation of an activity. It is just a cultural idea: it is doing what is right, regardless if it is right in the law or not.

Going Beyond Compliance: Creating an Ethical Culture

Organizations can employ the following measures to go beyond mere compliance and establish an ethical culture:

1. Leadership Commitment:
Lead by Example: Ethics are described and leaders should act ethically as well as show why ethical conduct is important.
Set Clear Expectations: Well establish the code of ethics and ensure that everybody receives a copy.

2. Code of Ethics:
-Create a Code: Formulate an elaborate code of ethics which gives a clear indication of the organizations standard/ETHICS.
Regular Review and Update: It is also recommended to make sure that the code is up to date as and when required whether it is next year, the year after or in two years time.

3. Ethics Training
Mandatory Training: Schedule ethics lessons for all workers on a specific and timely manner.
Scenario-Based Training: Explain to the employee the proper ways of using ethical principles in light of real life examples.

4. Protection for Whistleblowers:
-Safe Environment: Promote ethical behavior reporting culture where employees can report unethical conduct on the organization’s workplace without being punished.
-Confidential Reporting Mechanism: It has been recommended that there should be provided an opportunity for employees to report any worry or problem, but anonymously.

5. Ethical Decision-Making Framework:
-Guide: Discuss how one can model the process of ethical decision making.
-Ethics Discussions: Promote speaking and thinking about ethical issues in any organisation.

6. Performance Evaluation:
-Incorporate Ethics: This should raise ethical behavior to be part and parcel of the performance standards in any given organization.
-Reward Ethical Conduct: Promote those who engage in ethical behaviour.

In ethical considerations of the organization, organizations gain trust and the best reputation within and outside the organization when commitment has been made in establishing an ethical culture.