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Focusing on ethical challenges in program evaluation, this innovative book features six case-study scenarios that end at a point where the evaluator faces a significant decision about how to proceed. For each case, two distinguished evaluators offer insights on the best course of action to choose, and why. "What If?" boxes modify the details of the scenarios, inviting readers to reflect on whether these changes alter the ethical implications of the case. Six additional cases are presented with questions that guide readers to develop their own ethical analyses. The book is organized to follow the progress of an evaluation, from the entry/contracting phase through the utilization of results.

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• Chapter 1 Ethics and Evaluation(p. 1)
• Chapter 2 The Entry/Contracting Stage(p. 31)
• Scenario 1 The Coordination Project(p. 31)
• Commentary. Consumers, Culture, and Validity(p. 33)
• Commentary. Whose Evaluation Is It, Anyway?(p. 50)
• What If...?(p. 54)
• Final Thoughts. The Coordination Project(p. 54)
• Scenario 2 Just Say No?(p. 56)
• Questions to Consider(p. 57)
• Chapter 3 Designing the Evaluation(p. 59)
• Scenario 1 The Damp Parade?(p. 59)
• Commentary. Everybody Talks about the Weather...(p. 61)
• Commentary. No Rain Today(p. 72)
• What If...?(p. 82)
• Final Thoughts. The Damp Parade?(p. 82)
• Scenario 2 What's under the Rock?(p. 84)
• Questions to Consider(p. 85)
• Chapter 4 Data Collection(p. 87)
• Scenario 1 The Folder(p. 87)
• Commentary. Hold 'Em or Fold(er) 'Em?: What's an Evaluator to Do?(p. 89)
• Commentary. Centering the Folder(p. 100)
• What If...?(p. 112)
• Final Thoughts. The Folder(p. 113)
• Scenario 2 Hideout(p. 115)
• Questions to Consider(p. 116)
• Chapter 5 Data Analysis and Interpretation(p. 117)
• Scenario 1 Knock, Knock, What's There?(p. 117)
• Commentary. What's There: Confidence or Competence?(p. 119)
• Commentary. Interpreting Effects(p. 132)
• What If...?(p. 137)
• Final Thoughts. Knock, Knock, What's There?(p. 137)
• Scenario 2 Things Happen(p. 139)
• Questions to Consider(p. 140)
• Chapter 6 Communication of Results(p. 141)
• Scenario 1 Mainstream(p. 141)
• Commentary. Mainstreaming Process Evaluation: Ethical Issues in Reporting Interim Results(p. 144)
• Commentary. Reporting Bad News: Challenges and Opportunities in an Ethical Dilemma(p. 155)
• What If...?(p. 166)
• Final Thoughts. Mainstream(p. 166)
• Scenario 2 Whose Voices?(p. 168)
• Questions to Consider(p. 170)
• Chapter 7 Utilization of Results(p. 171)
• Scenario 1 Nightly News(p. 171)
• Commentary. Fixing the Spin on Evaluation(p. 173)
• Commentary. From Substance Use to Evaluation Misuse: Is There a Way Out?(p. 183)
• What lf...?(p. 191)
• Final Thoughts. Nightly News(p. 191)
• Scenario 2 Is My Job Done Yet?(p. 193)
• Questions to Consider(p. 194)
• Chapter 8 Lessons Learned(p. 195)
• Appendix A The Guiding Principles for Evaluators(p. 207)
• Appendix B The Program Evaluation Standards, Second Edition(p. 212)
• Author Index(p. 216)
• Subject Index(p. 219)
• About the Editor(p. 225)
• Contributors(p. 226)

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Michael Morris is Professor of Psychology at the University of New Haven, where he directs the Master's Program in Community Psychology. He served as the first editor of the Ethical Challenges section of the American Journal of Evaluation from 1998 to 2004. His publications have appeared in Evaluation Review, Evaluation and Program Planning, the American Journal of Community Psychology, and the Journal of Community of Psychology, among others. He coedited, with Jody Fitzpatrick, the New Directions for Evaluation volume devoted to "Current and Emerging Ethical Challenges in Evaluation" (1999). Dr. Morris is a member of the Editorial Advisory Boards of New Directions for Evaluation and the American Journal of Evaluation and has served as Chair of the Ethics Committee and the Public Affairs Committee of the American Evaluation Association. His other books include Poverty and Public Policy (with John Williamson) and Myths about the Powerless (with M. Brinton Lykes, Ramsay Liem, and Ali Banuazizi). A trainer in evaluation ethics throughout the United States and abroad, he received his PhD in community-social psychology from Boston College.