| Session Title: Living Your Values: Ethical Dilemmas in the Field and How to Deal With Them |
| Think Tank Session 642 to be held in San Simeon A on Friday, Nov 4, 10:45 AM to 11:30 AM |
| Sponsored by the Independent Consulting TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Gail Barrington, Barrington Research Group Inc, gbarrington@barringtonresearchgrp.com |
| Discussant(s): |
| Susan Wolfe, Susan Wolfe and Associates LLC, susan.wolfe@susanwolfeandassociates.net |
| Ann Price, Community Evaluation Solutions Inc, aprice@communityevaluationsolutions.com |
| Kathleen Shea, IAM Inc, kshea@iam-inc.net |
| Abstract: Evaluators are often on the firing line and do not have time for consultation when an ethical dilemma arises. How can we internalize the many ethical guidelines, standards, and values needed to respond quickly and appropriately? Brief scenarios will be presented that describe ethical challenges faced by three evaluation consultants. Participants will be asked consider if the 3 V's Framework of Values, Vantage Point, and Voice can help us strengthen our moral reasoning and hence our response to ethical issues in the field. |