1. What ethical principles are involved in this situation?

2. What are at least two options to consider?

3. What would you do?

You are leading a team of colleagues that will be evaluating program effectiveness of your organization based on achievement of intended outcomes. The primary audience for these evaluation results is the funder for the programs being evaluated. The political grapevine suggests that serious budget cuts will result in the elimination of less-effective programs. In some cases this funder represents the primary source of the entire agency budget. Your team fears for their jobs if the results are not favorable. As you design the evaluation instrument, you are conflicted about the questions you will ask and the level of rigor you will use. Your name will go on the evaluation report as leader of the team.

You sincerely believe in the value of the programs for the individuals and families they serve and have seen firsthand the impacts on their lives. You weren’t happy with the intended outcomes written (hastily in your opinion) by the grant writer who wasn’t very familiar withthe actual work.

Question 26. In striving to promote ethical practices in the evaluation of programs, products, personnel, and policy, the American Evaluation Association (AEA) has developed five principles to guide evaluators in their professional practice. List and explain the 5 principles and for each principle, provide an example that addresses the cultural competency continuum. 

Question 27. Explain what a logic model is and describe all the components of the model.  Explain the potential benefits of using one in an evaluation