THE WORK CULTURE OF COURT INSTITUTIONS: EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY AND INDEPENDENCE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA

After the amendment to the Indonesian constitution, The Constitutional Court of Republic Indonesia as an institution of judicial power in Indonesia which was established since 2003 become an excellent example of the institution and seeks to be an example of state institutions that have a work culture that is different from other state institutions. To maintain court integrity and independence, which is the soul of the judicial authority. The work culture is not only carried out by nine constitutional justices but also by all 300 Constitutional Court employees. Although in its implementation since the Constitutional Court was established, there were at least four constitutional justices who had been dismissed for corruption. Moreover, also violated the position ethics as constitutional judges, causing the Constitutional Court to lose public confidence, but none of the employees who were civil servants has ensnared corruption or violating office oaths as did four constitutional justices. The efforts of the Constitutional Court to maintain the integrity and independence of the Constitutional Court continue to be carried out by building a work culture that is professional, independent and has integrity. In this study, the author attempts to provide an overview of the efforts of the Constitutional Court to maintain the integrity and independence of the Constitutional Court by building a work culture for constitutional justices and for constitutional court employees to be able to be professional, independent and with integrity. In this study, the author will also tell about various cases experienced by constitutional judges, which caused a loss of public trust in the Constitutional Court. This study uses qualitative research methods where primary and secondary data comes from data originating from the Constitutional Court. The results of this study are expected and provide input to the Constitutional Court and other institutions in Indonesia to have professional, independent and integrity personnel.