Published Paper Details:

Ethics ensure outer desired behaviors. It includes the disciplined actions of the doers. There are certain human actions which are accepted as universal human values such as honesty, integrity, forgiveness, gratitude, non-violence etc. The traits of a person guide him to become good or bad. The traits of a person like honesty, integrity, forgiveness, gratitude, non-violence are considering desirable in the society make him good whereas traits like arrogance, greedy and angry are undesirable and make him destructive. Unfortunately, in post-independence period in India the desirable behavior has eroded in every walk of life and in particular in the field of politics. The sole aim of politicians today is to make money without consideration to legal or illegal means. As a result, corruption, nepotism and criminal activities are on rise. This paper tries to understand the meaning of the term ethics, the reason why ethics has eroded from Indian Politics and what are measures taken by the government to strengthen the ethical behavior amongst politicians.