The Central Regional branch of the Judicial Service, Ghana, on Friday launched its revised Code of Conduct for the bench and staff with a call on them to exhibit high professionalism to win public confidence.
The revised Code of Conduct is to guide and ensure proper administrative mechanisms in the Judicial Service.
Mrs Justice Francisca Owusu-Arhin, Supervising High Court Judge, who launched the Code, reiterated the commitment of the Service to uphold fundamental values such as transparency, fairness, accessibility and accountability in the discharge of their duties.
She said it was in pursuance of these values that the Service had found it necessary to update and re-launch its Code of Conduct to help "provide
clear and comfortable guidelines for the bench and staff to comport themselves in the discharge of their duties".
Justice Owusu-Arhin expressed the hope that her colleague judges, magistrates and the entire staff would abide by the tenets of the code to
help correct the bad perception the general public had about the Service.
Mr Peter Kwabena Ababio, President of the Central Regional Bar Association, who presided, said the current technological and information
age required that the Service adapted to the changing modern trends.
He expressed regret that some selfish staff members gave out classified information which inadvertently affected the work of the judiciary and advised them to refer to the Code of Conduct when in doubt.
Mr. Ababio noted that the judiciary had been given a special mandate to serve humanity and therefore the staff should eschew all negative tendencies that tended to draw it back.
This, he said, would help promote the work of the Service and facilitate the overall development of the nation.