Court Leadership – the Competency of Ethics

Here is a competency that sometimes strikes fear in the minds of leaders. Court operations and practices may be delivered seamlessly until something arises with ethical ramifications. Understanding and applying ethical provisions cause us to consider serious topics and issues. Ethics and expectations for conduct underlie effective executive leadership. Codes of conduct describe standards and help to support both court purposes and perceptions regarding public trust and confidence in our courts.

Ethics is one of the thirteen vital competencies published for court leaders by the National Association for Court Management (NACM). The full competency on Ethics may be viewed at https://nacmcore.org/competency/ethics/.

Enjoy review of this competency. The next posting on this site will illustrate why a court leader should make a pledge to be an “aware” leader and build court leader performance around that awareness.

https://courtleader.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/court-leader-core-summary-ethics-6-26-21.pdf

Published by Janet G. Cornell - Court Leader Contributor and Consultant

Janet has over 35 years in court leadership including service in general and limited jurisdiction courts. She is a founding and contributing member to www.courtleader.net. She has a Masters in Public Administration from Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, and is a Fellow of the National Center for State Courts, Institute for Court Management in Williamsburg, VA, along with certificates from the Leader Coach Institute, Scottsdale, AZ, and the Leadership Institute for Judicial Education, Memphis, TN. Currently she serves as a consultant, faculty, and author on court administration, leadership, governance, caseflow management, performance measurement, operational assessment, access for self-represented litigants, and court reengineering with projects across the US and internationally. View all posts by Janet G. Cornell - Court Leader Contributor and Consultant