Publisher's Synopsis
With recent developments in the evaluation field such asprivatization and mandated outcome-focused evaluation, evaluatorstoday face new and complex ethical challenges regardingstakeholders, the public good, and utility. This volume of NewDirections for Evaluation explores how evaluators can avoid,reduce, or resolve the ethical conflicts that arise. The authorsoffer a cost-benefit approach to exploring the ethics of variousresearch designs and make recommendations for achieving a balancebetween neutrality and advocacy. They shed light on the ethicalchallenges evaluators face when collaborating with foundations andcommunities; working in a culture different from their own; anddetermining the nature of stakeholder involvement.
This is the 82nd issue of the quarterly journal NewDirections for Evaluation.
