Question of Ethics: A Conversation on Courts and Ethics – October 26, 2023, Episode

Brought to You in Cooperation with the National Association for Court Management

Today’s Question of Ethics Conversation looks at several ethical challenges regarding employee performance. It discusses four questions many supervisors face in their oversight role.

  • Can you, as a supervisor, remain friends with colleagues once you have become their boss?  This is an especially critical question when it comes time to promote someone, and you promote your ‘friend’.
  • Are performance reviews good or bad? Are they useful tools for supervisors and managers?
  • Is it ethical to use a personal relationship to get promoted in the workplace?
  • Is it ethical to treat each worker differently instead of having the same rules for everyone? (i.e., working from home)?

Listen to the episode on your way to or from work. October 26, 2023, Question of Ethics Conversation 32 minutes 54 seconds

Watch the episode on YouTube. October 26, 2023, Question of Ethics Conversation 35 minutes 5 seconds

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Email us at ethics@nacmnet.org

Today’s Moderator

Samantha Wallis: Deputy Trial Court Administrator, Supreme Court, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

Today’s Panelists

Lizzie Alipaz:  Court Administrator for the Municipal Court in the town of Tinmath, Colorado

Peter Kiefer: Retired Court Professional

Norman Meyer:  Retried Clerk for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Mexico

Erika Schmid: Supervisor for the Multnomah County Circuit Court, 4th Judicial District, Portland, Oregon

Karl Thoennes: Court Administrator, 2nd Judicial Circuit, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Creadell Webb: Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer; First Judicial District, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Published by Peter C. Kiefer

Peter C. Kiefer is a career court veteran with over 40 years experience working with trial courts in Oregon, Arizona, and California. He has been an administrator in general jurisdiction and limited jurisdiction trial courts; he has also worked for state court administrative offices in both Oregon and California. He has consulted with the judicial systems in Liberia, Moldova, and Beirut, Lebanon, as well as being a member of a NACM delegation that visited the People’s Republic of China. Peter graduated from Santa Clara University with his bachelor’s degree in Political Science, and received his Masters of Public Administration with a specialty in Court Administration from the University of Southern California. In 2016 he became a Fellow of the Institute for Court Management. In 2015 Peter was given the NACM Award of Merit.

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