This paper examines the issues involved in the use of ethical standards related to social responsibility using the two ethical codes: the American Evaluation Association Guiding Principles for Evaluators and the Academy of Human Resource Development Standards on Ethics and Integrity. This examination will take the perspective of an internal evaluator working within a private organization. Using that perspective, the discussion will consider the complex issues involved in following such standards, particularly when undertaking evaluations within organizational settings.
Academy of Human Resource Development (1999 ). Standards on ethics and integrity. Bowling Green, OH: Author.
2.
American Evaluation Association (2004, July). Guiding principles for evaluators. Retrieved January30, 2009, from http://www.eval.org/Publications/GuidingPrinciples.asp
3.
Canadian Evaluation Society(n.d.). CES guidelines for ethical conduct. Retrieved January30, 2009, from http:// evaluationcanada.ca/site.cgi?s=5&ss=4&_lang=en
4.
CES Professional Designation Core Committee ( 2008, January 31). Professional designation project-Comparison of evaluation ethics. Retrieved January 30, 2009, from http://evaluationcanada.ca/distribution/20080131_buchanan_heather_maicher_brigitte_kuji-shikatani_keiko.pdf
5.
Friedman, T.L. (2007). The world is flat: A brief history of the twenty-first century (Further updated and expanded). New York: Picador.
6.
Goodland, R. (2002). Sustainability: Human social, economic and environmental . In P. Timmerman and the faculty of environmental studies, York University (Eds.), Social and economic dimensions of global change: Vol. 5. Encyclopedia of global environmental change. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
7.
Krizek, K. & Power, J. (1996). A planner's guide to sustainable development (Planning Advisory Service Report No. 467). Chicago: American Planning Association.
Preskill, H., & Russ-Eft, D. (2003). A framework for reframing HRD evaluation practice and research. In A. M. Gilley, L. Bierema, & J. Callahan (Eds.), Critical issues in HRD (pp. 199-257). Cambridge, MA: Perseus.
10.
Russ-Eft, D. (2004). Ethics in a global world: An oxymoron? Evaluation and Program Planning, 27, 349-56.
11.
Russ-Eft, D., & Preskill, H. (2005). In search of the holy grail: ROI evaluation in HRD. Advances in Developing Human Resources, 7, 71-85.
12.
Russ-Eft, D. (2008, November). Sustainable development: Is there a role for HRD ethics and evaluation? Keynote Address, Paper presented at the 7th Annual Conference on Asian HRD, Bangkok, Thailand.
13.
Russ-Eft, D.F., Bober, M.J., de la Teja, I., Foxon, M., & Koszalka, T.A. (2008). Evaluator competencies: The standards. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass .
14.
Sanders, J.R., & the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation. (1994). The program evaluation standards: How to assess evaluations of educational programs (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
15.
Scheirer, M.A. (2005). Is sustainability possible? A review and commentary on empirical studies of program sustainability. American Journal of Evaluation, 26, 320-347.
16.
Scheirer, M.A., Hartling, G., & Hagerman, D. (2008). Defining sustainability: Outcomes of health programs: Illustrations from an on-line survey. Evaluation and Program Planning, 31(4), 335-346.
17.
Stake, R.E. (1967). The countenance of educational evaluation. Teachers College Record, 68, 523-540.
18.
Stake, R.E. (1983). Responsive evaluation. In International encyclopedia of education. Oxford, UK: Pergamon.
19.
Swanson, R.A. (2001). Assessing the financial benefits of human resource development. Cambridge, MA: Perseus .
20.
Swanson, R.A., & Holton, E.F. III. (1999). Results: How to assess performance, learning, and perceptions in organizations. San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler.
21.
Torres, R.T., Preskill, H., & Piontek, M.E. (2005). Evaluation strategies for communicating and reporting: Enhancing learning in organizations (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
