Your are a member of a Board of Directors of a big business house. You do not agree with the decision of the board on a particular issue, You will

The answer is A. When you disagree with a board decision, the right course is to put your reasoned viewpoint before the board for consideration. This is constructive dissent: you keep your integrity and make sure your view is on record, but you respect the collective process. The board may still decide against you, and that is the system working as intended.

• B is wrong because silent acceptance suppresses your conscience and your duty of care to the company. It is passive, not ethical.
• C is wrong because demanding an explanation presumes the board has acted improperly. It turns a policy disagreement into an adversarial process before you have even argued your case.
• D is wrong because strong objection personalises the disagreement and can disrupt the board's functioning. Firmness of view is fine; hostility is not.

The core concept is constructive dissent within collective decision-making, which sits under ethics, integrity and accountability in GS Paper IV. In Mains, link it to corporate governance: a director's duty to act in good faith and exercise independent judgement, and the practice of recording dissent in board minutes.

Trap: aspirants often assume the most forceful option shows the most integrity. In ethics questions, the best answer is usually the one that states your view clearly through the proper channel.