How I work
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I undertake evaluation work as an independent freelancer who is commissioned by organisations. It's important to me to behave in a respectful and ethical way. This is what this means when I do evaluation projects.
I commit to
- Equity and diversity: The way I carry out evaluation aims to respect the perspectives and human dignity of all, irrespective of position in professional contexts or social structures. I will respect differences including gender, disability, age, wealth, education, language and neurodiversity. I will strive to include all relevant perspectives including those of people who may traditionally be disenfranchised or marginalised.
- Accessibility: I do my best to make standard access arrangements in all my work and to meet people's specific access needs. The way I do evaluation is designed to work better for Disabled and neurodivergent people.
- Trust: I aim to develop and nurture trust through agreed ethical procedures for conduct and reporting that are fair and just to all. I recognise I'm a work in progress and consciously aim to get better, learning from my mistakes. People sometimes feel evaluation is extractive: I will actively work against this power imbalance. For example, in more extensive or demanding evaluation I'll ask organisations to compensate volunteers or freelancers for their time; I'll acknowledge people's emotional and invisible labour in taking part.
- Transparency: I will ensure that all the people I work with are aware of my approach and ethical practices, and of the limitations and uses of evaluation. For me, transparency includes my use of personal data which is covered by my separate privacy policy.
- Independence: I aim to be independent of vested interests and power differences. I recognise and actively manage my own positionality, including as a freelancer commissioned often with external funding and working in the cultural and heritage sector, where grant funding requirements often impact on short-term projects.
- Clarity: I aim to design, conduct and report on evaluation so that its purpose is clear and transparent.
- Integrity: I'm determined to demonstrate my responsibility according to these ethical principles, and to assure my evaluation findings are honest and based in valid evidence.
These principles draw from the UK Evaluation Society Guidelines for Good Practice in Evaluation (2024).
