BetterEvaluation’s Ethical Protocol
In 2019, we were engaged by BetterEvaluation to support the project Evaluation in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander settings.
As part of the Project Working Group of Aboriginal consultants, we helped to develop an ethical protocol to assess evaluations that involve or affect First Nations people and communities.
The protocol is a set of ethical principles for evaluation designed to hear and give precedence to the voice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It acknowledges our people’s right to self- determination and reinforces other inherent human rights. With the flexibility to be applied across various contexts and approaches, the ethical protocol brings rigour and credibility to every stage of an evaluation activity. The protocol spells out how the principles are applied in practice.