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What types of ethical violations do you think would occur most commonly in organizations with which you are familiar?

What types of ethical violations do you think would occur most commonly in organizations with which you are familiar? Major Concepts and Theories 1. Good evaluation practice involves much more than methodological skills. Evalua- tors must have the skills to work well in a sometimes highly political environment, must be able to communicate well with […]

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Organizational Relationships of Evaluator to Client

Organizational Relationships of Evaluator to Client Evaluator Employed To Do One Evaluation or Successive Evaluations Evaluator Reports 1. Within organization which has responsibility for the program being evaluated 1. Successive evaluations 1. Directly to director of program evaluated 2. Within organization which has responsibility for the program being evaluated 2. One evaluation 2. Directly to

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Principle C.7 addresses expectations concerning financial disclosures:

Principle C.7 addresses expectations concerning financial disclosures: C.7 Evaluators should disclose all sources of financial support for an evaluation, and the source of the request for the evaluation (American Evaluation Association, 2004, Section C, Integrity/Honesty). Several standards also reveal critical expectations for the evaluation itself in regard to the nature of reporting information, the credibility

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Reflecting on Sources of Bias and Conflicts of Interest

Reflecting on Sources of Bias and Conflicts of Interest Several of the Program Evaluation Standards (U.1, U.4, P.6, A.8) and Guiding Principles (C.3 and C.4) are concerned with the importance of evaluations being honest and impartial, avoiding conflicts of interest and conducting evaluations with integrity. Yet, as research has shown, many evaluators do not believe

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Protections to Human Subjects and the Role of Institutional Review Boards

Protections to Human Subjects and the Role of Institutional Review Boards Both the Standards and the Guiding Principles emphasize that to behave ethically, evaluators must protect the rights of people from whom they collect data. Institu- tional Review Boards (IRBs) are committees of five or more peer researchers who review the data collection plans, or

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The principle of Integrity/Honesty also mirrors many of the issues articulated in the Standards.

The principle of Integrity/Honesty also mirrors many of the issues articulated in the Standards. It addresses ethical concerns regarding negotiations with clients and relevant stakeholders, conflicts of interest, sources of financial support, misrepre- sentation of findings, and consideration of methods. Let us highlight two issues here: Guiding Principle C.5 explicitly states, “Evaluators should not misrepresent

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What are the ethical obligations of evaluators?

What are the ethical obligations of evaluators? We will briefly review the ethical components of the Program Evaluation Standards and the Guiding Principles here. The more complete text of both documents is presented in Appendix A. The Program Evaluation Standards. Before moving into a discussion of the Standards themselves, let us briefly describe how the

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