1. Reviewed by:
Kelli Gallagher, Curtis Kleier, Jennifer Tabassum

4. •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

6. American Evaluation Association
Guiding Principles
 Systematic Inquiry
 Competence
 Integrity/Honesty
 Respect of People
 Responsibilities for
General/Public Welfare
Evaluators
 Knowledgeable
 Multicultural
 Culturally responsible
Distribution of Information
 Requirements for distribution
 Inherent Value of Evaluation
 Ethical Information
Canadian Evaluation Society
Utility 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

7. 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

8.  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