Justice imposed code of conduct for judicial officials – publico

                 

                         
                     

                         

                 

 
                         

Place the phone in a discreet way, avoid speaking in a high tone on the phone, cycle through the same areas demarcated to be the longest route and did not speak to reporters without higher authorization. These are some of the rules that are part of the new code of ethics and conduct established by the Directorate-General for Administration of Justice (DGAJ) for its employees. This code does not apply to employees of the courts, he assured the President of the PUBLIC Sindicatodos Judicial Officers, Fernando Jorge.

                     

                         The new code, reported on Tuesday by the Daily News , was posted on the site DGAJ dated April 24, is already in force. Signed by Director General Pedro de Lima Gonçalves, the Code of Conduct is presented as “a role model for the performance of activities, functions, skills, initiatives taken and a reference in the public service performance that is intended to be rigorous , efficient, competent and lead to excellence. “

Once you have reacted with” astonishment and even indignation “to the news, Fernando Jorge changed his mind when he spoke with Pedro Lima Gonçalves and this assured him the controversial code applies only to staff working in the main building of DGAJ, a tiny fraction of the universe of about 6,500 judicial employees. “These are their issues,” now considers the union president, reminding that the bailiffs (in court) have their own status and are subject to the rules of various codes such as Code of Criminal Procedure, which already imposes on them the secret justice, for example.

In addition to general principles (such as legality, impartiality or loyalty), the new code of ethics DGAJ describes in some detail how Directorate-General for employees should behave . “The workers placed in open space should adopt a respectful behavior from colleagues, avoiding anything that might serve as a source of disturbance of the same and as depressant factor of concentration and productivity,” reads the document, giving some concrete examples: “keep your workspace neat and minimize the use of personal objects”; “Just use the demarcated areas into circulation, even though this is the longest route”; “Avoid talking in a high voice with other workers in the same space or fixed or mobile phone; and “placing the phone in stealth mode.”

The new code of ethics is also particularly restrictive about contacts with journalists. “Workers can not give interviews, publish opinion pieces, provide information or advertise texts of any kind, which are not available to the general public, on its own initiative or at the request of the media, without, for any of the cases, they have obtained prior authorization from the Superior Direction “.

In addition to preventing employees from receiving” any benefits, gifts or compensation, such as gifts or receipts “, the new code of conduct requires that employees report “their superiors of any suspicions they have in relation to behavior and illegal situations, as provided in this Code violators and / or internal regulations of DGAJ.”