Wednesday, February 06, 2013

APS Ethics and Accountability Scandal, my imagination?

In the most general terms, there is a standards and accountability scandal in the leadership of the APS.  More specifically, there is an ethics and accountability scandal, according to the following argument.

The proximate success of the APS depends upon the standards of conduct and competence that apply to decision makers; board members and administrators, and upon accountability to those standards.  Too low standards are useless by definition, and even the highest standards of conduct and competence mean nothing if there isn't real, honest to God accountability to them.

It is scandalous if the leadership of the APS doesn't have high enough standards, and/or if board members and administrators are not actually accountable to them.

Board members and administrators hold themselves accountable to standards of conduct commonly called "the law".  If it s "legal" its ok.

A cursory inspection of the records of felony public corruption and incompetence in the leadership of the APS Police force, the Caswell Report and the findings of at least two other investigations , could lead one to conclude, they really aren't accountable even to the law.  Scandalous.

It would be scandalous if board members and administrators had even the highest imaginable standards, and were not actually, honestly, accountable to them.  There is no venue in the entire APS where a complaint can be filed against an administrator or board member, and where that complaint is guaranteed due process.
If there were such a venue, someone could and would point to it.  Scandalous.

It would be scandalous if board members and administrators held students accountable to higher standards of conduct than their own.  Students are expected to model and promote the Pillars of Character Counts!; which is to say, they are expected to hold themselves, at risk of the forfeiture  of their good character, honestly accountable to nationally recognized, accepted and respected standards of ethical conduct.  Adults are accountable only to the law (see above).  Scandalous.

It would be scandalous if the board didn't afford due process to whistleblower complaints.  They voted to renege on their promise to review and approve the handling of every single whistleblower complaint, and to deny to process to more than 300 whistleblower complaints, filed primarily against administrators and board members. Scandalous

It would be scandalous if board members deliberately abdicated from their obligations as role models.  They voted unanimously to remove from their own standards of conduct, the words and responsibilities;

In no case shall the standards of conduct for an adult
be lower than the standards of conduct for students.
Scandalous.

There is an ethics and accountability scandal in the leadership of the APS.  By any reasonable definition, according to any acceptable standards.

And,

it would be scandalous if the establishment media was part of the cover up.

They are ignoring credible evidence and testimony of any ethics and accountability scandal in the leadership of the APS.  All they have to do is ask; investigate and report.

If there is no scandal, if administrators and board members are honestly accountable to meaningful standards of conduct and competence, wouldn't that be just as newsworthy?  It would be scandalous to not report to the people, that control over their vast power and resources, lies in good hands.  They investigate and report nothing.  Scandalous.

Scandalous

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