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Synopsis Recently, the Second Administrative Reforms Commission, while submitting its report on “Ethics in Governance” termed it as its most important report.  Why not? Ethics is the essence of good governance and a sine qua non of an effective and responsive democracy.  An eminent ICS officer, AD Gorwala had mentioned in 1951 that there were three cardinal principles of good administration: Efficiency, Economy and Integrity.  Of late, we have cared more for the first two than for the last.  With the Transparency International highlighting periodically the low integrity index of India and with the phenomenal rise of government corruption, buttressed by the private sector, it is time that the Indian governance system halted the onslaught of unethical conduct in public affairs.  This anthology critically analyzes the roots of unscrupulous immorality in public system and argues for reinventing probity and rectitude in the entire domain of governance.  From the Shanti Parva to Kautilya and from Sardar Patel to Manmohan Singh, there has been a perennial quest for highest standards of conduct in public affairs.  This volume is part of that great tradition.  It will interest all the serious students and practitioners of Policy Sciences, Public Administration and Management Sciences.