| Session Title: The AEA Ethics Committee's Comparative Analysis of International Evaluation Associations' Ethical Guidelines: Similarities, Differences and Lessons Learned |
| Expert Lecture Session 521 to be held in Schaefer Room on Friday, November 9, 9:25 AM to 10:10 AM |
| Sponsored by the AEA Conference Committee |
| Chair(s): |
| Valerie J Caracelli, United States Government Accountability Office, caracelliv@gao.gov |
| Presenter(s): |
| Scott Rosas, Nemours Health and Prevention Services, srosas@nemours.org |
| Discussant(s): |
| Jules M Marquart, Centerstone Community Mental Health Centers Inc, jules.marquart@centerstone.org |
| Abstract: This session focuses the results of a comparative analysis of the various ways ethical evaluation practice is codified as set of ethical standards or principles across different professional evaluation organizations throughout the world. More than 30 national and international evaluation organizations were queried as to the mechanisms by which they specify and communicate ethical evaluation practice. Two major foci were considered: 1) the extent to which individual evaluator behavior is promoted and how this varies across national and international evaluation organizations, and 2) the extent to which evaluation practice as a social endeavor is highlighted and how the normative orientations of evaluation practice vary across national and international evaluation organizations. Drawing on comparative research methods used in cross-cultural studies to identify, analyze and explain similarities and differences across societies, this work compares and contrasts the different configurations of ethical practice and previews the implications of the findings. |