Ethics for Evaluation

Abstract

Comparative Policy Evaluation Volume 27 Ethics for EvaluationBeyond "doing no harm" to "tackling bad" and "doing good" Edited by

Navigating the challenges of policy evaluation

“…To address these societal transformations, evaluators are encouraged to account for all the various facets of the situation. First, they should examine the distributional effects of the evaluated policy on different demographic groups and assess whether the policy promotes fairness and addresses social or economic disparities (van den Berg et al, 2022). Second, evaluators should adapt evaluation methods and approaches, often influenced by Western paradigms, to incorporate more inclusive, equitable and culturally diverse perspectives (Hood et al, 2015;Picciotto, 2019).…”