| Foundation officers, evaluation, and ethical problems: a pilot investigation. | |
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PMID: 17945141 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Ethical problems encountered by foundation officers in their evaluation-related work were identified via an email survey of a sample of Council on Foundations member organizations. Of the respondents who had worked with evaluators, one-third indicated that they had faced ethical challenges. Most challenges fell into one of four categories: Evaluation Findings, Internal Functioning of the Foundation, Authorship/Ownership/Dissemination of the Evaluation, and Evaluator-Focused Issues. Conflicts of interest involving a variety of stakeholders were reported. The potential for foundation officers to define "ethical problems" differently from evaluators is raised, and the role that attributional processes can play in descriptions of the sources of ethical conflicts is addressed. The study's findings underscore the practical importance of developing an in-depth understanding of the views of ethical problems held by both foundation officers and evaluators. |
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Authors:
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Michael Morris |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2007-07-03 |
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Title: Evaluation and program planning Volume: 30 ISSN: 1873-7870 ISO Abbreviation: Eval Program Plann Publication Date: 2007 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-10-19 Completed Date: 2007-11-20 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7801727 Medline TA: Eval Program Plann Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 410-5 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychology, University of New Haven, 300 Boston Post Road, West Haven, CT 06516, USA. mmorris@newhaven.edu |
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Conflict of Interest Electronic Mail Ethics, Institutional* Ethics, Research* Female Foundations / ethics* Humans Male Pilot Projects Program Evaluation / standards* Questionnaires Researcher-Subject Relations / ethics*, psychology |
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