Re: If it's important enough to resign
Has anyone ever joined a so-called "Team"[0] formed to ensure adherence to a CoC who isn't an attention whore and showboater?...Have any of the above ever been actually useful to the product being produced, or do they impede the progress of that project?
On the board of a small non-profit, my responsibilities included "governance"and "board development." Basically, help the Board function effectively and responsibly, and continue to do so. This included things like ensuring that everyone on the Board understood their roles and their obligations. Getting concerns aired before they became conflicts (and before those conflicts became crises). Finding candidates that the Board could recruit. Arranging training. And yes, helping the Board and its members live up to the Code of Conduct and other legal and ethical commitments.
It was hard work supporting everyone else for very little recognition even within the Board. Total opposite of your "attention whore and showboater."
It's absolutely necessary to the final product. If your organization cares nothing for the actions and ethics of their leaders, that is whom you will attract. You'll lose the honest ones. If your organization is led by people who do not act honorably and respectfully, that cascades all the way down.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
