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    Ethical considerations in civic engagement

    The expression "basic ethical principles" refers to those general judgments that serve as a
    basic justification for the many particular ethical prescriptions and evaluations of human
    actions.
    Accountability
    In terms of ethics and governance, is equated with answerability, culpability, liability, and the
    expectation of account-giving. As in an aspect of governance, it has been central to
    discussions related to problems in the public sector, nonprofit, private (corporate), and
    individual contexts.
    Benefits
    1. Social Accountability supports good governance and fosters better service delivery.
    Institutional accountability mechanisms alone are often not effective in promoting
    good governance, leaving room for opaque and corrupt practices in the management
    of public resources.
    2. Social accountability can safeguard against wastage, ‘leakage’ and
    corrupt When properly applied in monitoring implementation, evaluation and audit of
    services and projects social accountability mechanisms and tools can enhance
    transparency.
    3. A key benefit of social accountability is that it strengthens the relationships and builds
    trust between the government and citizen. Influence decisions concerning their
    development and hold them accountable between elections.
    4. It enables bringing all members of the community together around a common interest.

    Peaceful Dialogue
    1. These are formal meetings at the community level where local officials and citizens
    have the opportunity to exchange information and opinions on community affairs. It
    enables the citizens to raise their concerns in front of elected officials and bureaucrats
    on the one hand and an important feedback mechanism for the officials to
    gain a better understanding of the citizens’ experiences and views.
    2. It is also an opportunity for citizens receiving local services and officials providing
    services to share on matters of public interest.
    3. It provides citizens with the opportunity to put forward personal and community
    related problems to the service providing officials.
    4. It helps make service providers accountable to citizens, and increases transparency
    in the service provider’s activities.
    Benefits
     Makes those holding public positions and providing services accountable to
    stakeholders.
     Increases transparency in public service delivery.
     It provides citizens with the opportunity to put forward personal and community
    related problems to the service providing officials.

    Non –violence

    Nonviolence is not a very exact term. It not only describes a whole class of activities, but
    also describes attitudes and life-style. In this special series, we discuss Dr. Martin Luther
    King Jr.'s six principles of nonviolence. By emphasizing virtues such as understanding, love,
    peace, and learning, King laid out a vision for collective action as the moral and necessary
    path toward achieving justice. Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people.
    1. Nonviolence seeks to win friendship and understanding.
    2. Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice, not people.
    3. Nonviolence holds that suffering can educate and transform.
    4. Nonviolence chooses love instead of hate.
    5. Nonviolence believes that the universe is on the side of justice.

    Civility

    Civility is “the behaviors that help to preserve the norms for mutual respect in the workplace.
    Civility reflects concern for others” and is usually demonstrated through manners, courtesy,
    politeness, and a general awareness of the rights, wishes, concerns, and feelings of others.
    Aristotle saw civility as a form of friendship, which he understood as a mutual feeling of good
    will.

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