Rodi Michael S, Paget Kathleen D
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
Eval Program Plann. 2007 Nov;30(4):416-21. doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2007.06.005. Epub 2007 Jul 6.
The ethical work of program evaluators is based on a covenant of honesty and transparency among stakeholders. Yet even under the most favorable evaluation conditions, threats to ethical standards exist and muddle that covenant. Unfortunately, ethical issues associated with different evaluation structures and contracting arrangements have received little attention in the evaluation research literature. This article focuses on the unintended ethical threats associated with multitiered evaluation contexts. After briefly reviewing the various frames through which evaluation theory and ethics are commonly viewed, we discuss ethical challenges associated with multitiered evaluation designs including examples drawn from our evaluation projects. The article concludes with specific findings and recommendations for evaluators, grantors, grantees, and researchers.
项目评估者的伦理工作基于利益相关者之间诚实与透明的契约。然而，即使在最有利的评估条件下，伦理标准仍面临威胁并使该契约变得模糊不清。不幸的是，与不同评估结构和合同安排相关的伦理问题在评估研究文献中很少受到关注。本文聚焦于与多层评估背景相关的意外伦理威胁。在简要回顾评估理论和伦理通常被看待的各种框架之后，我们讨论与多层评估设计相关的伦理挑战，包括从我们的评估项目中选取的实例。文章最后给出了针对评估者、资助者、受资助者和研究者的具体研究结果及建议。
