Reviewed by:

Kelli Gallagher, Curtis Kleier, Jennifer Tabassum

•Educate yourself about persons involved

•Tailor your evaluation to meet the needs of all parties involved

•Inform interested parties of the purpose of your evaluation

American Evaluation AssociationGuiding Principles

Systematic Inquiry Competence Integrity/Honesty Respect of People Responsibilities for

General/Public WelfareEvaluators

Knowledgeable Multicultural Culturally responsible

Distribution of Information Requirements for distribution Inherent Value of Evaluation Ethical Information

Canadian Evaluation SocietyUtility Standards

Stakeholder Evaluator Credibility Evaluation Impact

Feasibility Standards Political Viability Practicality Disclosure and Reporting

Propriety Standards Rights of Human Subjects Fiscal Responsibility

Accuracy Standards’ Reliability Information Sources Reporting

When designing any evaluation the evaluators, participants, program administration need to be considered in all steps of the evaluation

There exists cultural predisposition in everyone and they influence the methods and results in the evaluation process

Our own culture and the culture of others needs to be considered when planning, carrying out and presenting evaluations

Cultural differences need to be met with sensitivity

Autralasian Evaluation Society. (1998) Guidelines for ethical conduct of evaluations.

www.eval.org www.aes.as.au/ethics.cfm www.europeanevaluation.org www.evaluationcanada.ca