2013 Volume 13 Issue 1 Pages 19-31
This study reports the results of the analysis of the questionnaire survey distributed to the member of the Japan Evaluation Society（JES）. The survey obtained information that was used as a reference in the formulation of the JES code of ethics. This survey was conducted from June to July 2009 among the JES members at the JES Sixth Spring Conference through email. Open-ended questions identified ethical challenges that respondents encountered in their evaluation work. Forty-eight questionnaires were collected, yielding 58 concrete examples of ethical challenges that respondents encountered. The examples were classified into 11 groups. The draft of the “Guidelines for the Ethical Conduct of Evaluations of JES” reflected the results and was approved by the association in December 2012.
