To Kill a Mockingbird: Bentham and Locke in Gambat, Pakistan

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Asian Journal of Management Cases Pub Date : 2023-12-07 DOI:10.1177/09728201231202614

M. A. Rana

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Abstract

Set in a rural, tribal district of Pakistan in the 1990s, this case examines the tension between utilitarian and libertarian principles faced by public administrators in their everyday work. The settlement of a bloody tribal feud hinged upon returning a young girl who had recently married a man from another tribe to her parents. Ahsan, the area administrator, must decide whether to forcibly return the girl to her tribe for immediate remarriage or to let her go with her husband. His dilemmas differ from those that the senior officials face, and this divergence is at the root of the failure to control the feud administratively. To comply with orders and pursue a career, public officials, in this case, their personal kindness notwithstanding, adopt strategies that have extreme consequences for citizens. Evil is more banal than we think.

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杀死一只知更鸟巴基斯坦甘巴特的边沁和洛克

这个案例以20世纪90年代巴基斯坦的一个农村部落地区为背景，探讨了公共行政人员在日常工作中面临的功利主义和自由主义原则之间的紧张关系。一场血腥的部落争斗的解决取决于将一个最近嫁给另一个部落男子的年轻女孩送回父母身边。该地区的行政长官Ahsan必须决定是强行将女孩送回自己的部落，让她立即再婚，还是让她和丈夫一起离开。他所面临的困境与高级官员所面临的困境不同，这种分歧是行政上未能控制世仇的根源。在这种情况下，为了服从命令和追求事业，公职人员，尽管他们个人善良，采取了对公民产生极端后果的策略。邪恶比我们想象的更平庸。

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期刊介绍： Asian Journal of Management Cases is a peer-reviewed journal that aims at providing high-quality teaching material to academics, consultants, and management developers, through cases on management practices in the socioeconomic context of developing Asian countries. The journal covers all administrative disciplines including accounting and finance, business ethics, production and operations management, entrepreneurship, human resource management, management information systems, marketing, organizational behaviour, strategic management, and managerial economics. Each issue of Asian Journal of Management Cases comprises four to five original case studies. Teaching cases should be accompanied with a Teaching Note (TN). Even though the TN will not be published, it is necessary for the review process and can be obtained by contacting the authors directly. Please refer to the online submission guidelines for details on writing a teaching note. AJMC does not publish pure research or applied research based on field studies (not case studies). The journal is published in March and September every year with thematically focused issues occasionally.