October 26, 2023, A Question of Ethics Conversation Episode
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)?
This Question of Ethics Conversation looks at how technology plays a role in workplace culture for court users, for one’s co-workers, and on a court’s institutional knowledge.
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
