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Exploring ethical issues and conditions for institutionalizing evaluation in the public sector

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When addressing evaluation ethics, both the literature and existing ethics codes focus on
evaluators’ conduct. This risks undermining the evaluator’s position vis-à-vis programme
managers and evaluation commissioners, without addressing major ethical issues. This study
indicates that the factors influencing ethical choices include institutional settings and
organizational arrangements. Evidence was collected from an institutionalization of evaluation
process in Italy where internal Evaluation Units were created across regions and ministries to
support the implementation of EU Cohesion policy. The article investigates the institutional
factors influencing observed conflicts and associated ethical dilemmas. The article discusses how to limit opportunities for unethical behaviour and suggests devoting more attention to
institutional issues and organizational dimensions when drafting ethics codes. It is argued that
this analysis has broader implications for efforts to strengthen ethical behaviour in public sector
evaluation.

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Series Title

Evaluation

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Publisher

Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications., 2016

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Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

13563890

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Edition

Volume 22, Issue 2, April 2016; pp. 149–167

Subject(s)

Public administration
code design
code enforcement
ethical codes
evaluation units

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