Commentary: When Funders Want to Compromise Your Design

Eastmond, Nick

doi:10.1177/109821409801900312

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“…As the analyses proceed, however, some of the more experienced commentators refuse to accept the case description at face value, arguing instead for further examination of the context and problem before declaring the situation a moral dilemma (e.g., Barrington, 1999), and a more balanced analysis of the interests of all parties involved (e.g., Berstene, 1999;McKillip, 2000). Some even suggest that perhaps it was the evaluator who created the ethical problem through lack of foresight and careful planning (Scheirer, 1998) or the initial choice of a poor evaluation design (Eastmond, 1998).…”

Section: Related Aspects Of Ethical Challenges Who Creates Ethical Problems?mentioning

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An Analysis of Ethical Challenges in Evaluation

Smith¹

2002

American Journal of Evaluation

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From 1998 to 2001, in a column entitled "Ethical Challenges" edited by Michael Morris, the American Journal of Evaluation published 10 case descriptions of ethical problems in evaluation and 19 commentaries on them. These cases and commentaries provide a snapshot of ethical challenges encountered by practitioners, and recommendations by selected senior evaluators of professionally responsible ways to respond to them. The stated purpose in publishing these cases and responses is to aid practicing evaluators in maintaining high ethical standards. As the original introduction to the column states:Every evaluator should exercise constant vigilance to assure that every act performed as an evaluator represents exemplary ethical behavior. Yet, in the practice of evaluation, that ideal is often challenged by a variety of political, personal, and financial factors that could-if allowed-compromise that ideal and undermine the high ethical standards that must be maintained if evaluation is to serve well its purpose(s) in society. (Morris, 1998a, p. 71)

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Section: Related Aspects Of Ethical Challenges Who Creates Ethical Problems?mentioning

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An Analysis of Ethical Challenges in Evaluation

Smith¹

2002

American Journal of Evaluation

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“…(p. 386). Eastmond (1998), in contrast, begins by searching the Principles to see which are relevant to the challenge and, from these, draws recommendations for action. "Let's suppose that you believe that an adequate impact evaluation can not be conducted [if the evaluator agreed to the change] .…”

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The Case of the Uncertain Bridge

Datta¹

2002

American Journal of Evaluation

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“…However, studies suggest that this process is not without its own ethical challenges (Newman and Brown, 1992; Sheinfeld and Lord, 1981). Several authors contend that the actions of evaluators are the greatest source of ethical problems during the evaluation process (Eastmond, 1998; Scheirer, 1998) as they are considered to have the greatest influence on evaluation practice and outcomes (Mbaïrewaye, 2011). Evaluators can easily modify evaluation design, manipulate data collection and even influence evaluation results so as to ensure that results please a third party or even support the evaluator’s own interests and beliefs (Smith, 2002: 201).…”

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The ethical sensitivity of evaluators: A qualitative study using a vignette design

Desautels

Jacob

2012

Evaluation

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Evaluation occurs in a context fraught with ethical issues. Evaluators are regularly faced with ethical tensions that are likely to influence the quality of their work. By developing an analytical model that categorizes evaluators along an altruistic-corporatist axis, we sought to understand which factors influence the ethical sensitivity of evaluators. To this end, utilizing a qualitative research design using vignettes, we exposed a dozen Canadian evaluators to ethically problematic situations to examine their ability to identify the ethical issues within the scenarios. The ensuing results allowed us to conclude that an evaluator's ethical sensitivity is partially explained by the altruistic or corporatist nature of that evaluator; it also depends on other factors such as knowledge of the prescriptive norms in ethical matters, experience conducting evaluations, and the milieu and the working conditions within which the evaluators operate.

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Commentary: When Funders Want to Compromise Your Design

Cited by 6 publications

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An Analysis of Ethical Challenges in Evaluation

An Analysis of Ethical Challenges in Evaluation

The Case of the Uncertain Bridge

The ethical sensitivity of evaluators: A qualitative study using a vignette design

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