Sommario: 1. The starting point: the magistrates’ oath. – 2. Discipline in the Status.– 2.1. Offenses and sanctions. – 2.2. The actors of discipline. – 2.3. Examples of misconducts and sanctions. – 3. Deontology as distinguished from discipline. – 3.1. General considerations. – 3.2. The first Compendium of the Judiciary’s ethical obligations in 2010. – 3.3. The new Compendium of the Judiciary’s ethical obligations in 2019. – 3.4. The actors of deontology. – 4. Possible reforms.