Master Answer WritingSign in

UPSC 2024 GS-IV · 20 marks · 250 words

ABC Incorporated's aggressive AI expansion has raised its greenhouse gas emissions 48% since 2019, colliding with its public net-zero-by-2030 commitment. As its newly appointed Chief Sustainability Officer, you must advise the board, which fears losing the AI race to competitors. Identify the ethical issues involved, the options available to you, and justify your recommended course of action.

एबीसी इनकॉर्पोरेटेड के आक्रामक एआई विस्तार से 2019 के बाद उसका ग्रीनहाउस गैस उत्सर्जन 48% बढ़ गया है, जो 2030 तक नेट-ज़ीरो की उसकी सार्वजनिक प्रतिबद्धता से टकराता है। नवनियुक्त मुख्य सततता अधिकारी के रूप में आपको बोर्ड को परामर्श देना है, जिसे प्रतिस्पर्धियों से एआई दौड़ में पिछड़ने का भय है। निहित नैतिक मुद्दों और उपलब्ध विकल्पों की पहचान कीजिए, तथा अपनी अनुशंसित कार्यवाही का औचित्य सिद्ध कीजिए।

What a top answer must contain

These are the checkable specifics from the marking standard for this question — the actual case, committee, datum or thinker, not an instruction to “give examples”.

  • Stakeholders: shareholders, employees, consumers, regulators, communities bearing climate cost, future generations
  • Ethical issues: greenwashing vs candour (truthfulness of the net-zero pledge), intergenerational equity, profit-planet trade-off, fiduciary duty read narrowly vs ESG duty
  • Options with trade-offs: abandon pledge (honest, reputationally costly), buy offsets (integrity questions), re-baseline pledge with disclosure, invest in efficient compute/renewable PPAs with revised interim targets
  • Recommended shape: transparent restatement + capex on renewables/efficient chips + third-party audit — candour over performance theatre
  • Ethical vocabulary that must appear: triple bottom line, precautionary principle, utilitarian vs deontological weighing

The band thresholds and the pre-scored sample answers behind this standard stay private — they are the calibration your copy is placed against.

Now write it, and find out what you actually scored

Attempt this question — typed or photographed — and it is marked against the standard above in under a minute: six parameter scores, a blunt verdict, and the points you missed. 50 free credits on signup, no card.

Write this answerSee a marked copy first

More from UPSC GS-IV