You are posted as a District Magistrate in your home state. Recently, rumours have started doing rounds in your office regarding your closeness with one of the businessmen in your district who happens to be your close childhood friend. The basis of the rumours is an expensive motorbike that he has gifted to your son on his birthday. Although exchange of gifts has been happening between his family and yours for many years, but this year, it has caught public eye owing to your posting in the same district.
In this context, answer the following:
a. Highlight the difference between an acceptable gift and a bribe for a civil servant.
b. Give an account of the ethical issues present in the given case.
c. What would be your course of action in this scenario?