Ethics

Guidelines on Ethical Conduct of Evaluation
These Guidelines were endorsed by the Board in December 1997 following consultation through regional groups during 1997. A copy was sent to all members and new members will receive a copy as they join. A special feature on ethics was published in Evaluation News and Comment (June 1998) including the Guidelines text, and background articles.

A printed copy of the Guidelines for the Ethical Conduct of Evaluations has been provided to all members of the Society. Additional copies are available at $11 each (incl. GST). Overseas orders are $10.

AES Code of Ethics
The AES Board adopted the Code of Ethics at its December 2000 meeting. If you have any questions or comments about the Code, please contact a member of the AES Ethics Committee.

Regional groups were asked to promote the Guidelines to members through their meetings and to distribute them to key public sector and peak community agencies through their networks. CEOs of all Commonwealth agencies in Canberra received a copy through the Department of Finance, and NZ Government agencies though the State Services Commission. The Ethics Committee is planning to assess the extent of distribution and use in Australasia. A report on the results of the survey on evaluation ethics and quality is available here.

The following are available as downloadable PDF documents: