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133 categories (Morra-Imas & Rist 2008; Patton, 2008). Morra-Imas & Rist (2008), summarised the propriety standards related to an evaluation’s ethical elements as follows: 1. Service orientation : Evaluations should be designed to assist in addressing and serving the range of targeted participants. 2. Formal agreements : Obligations of an evaluation (what is to be done, how, by whom, when) should be agreed to in writing, so that the parties are obligated to adhere to all conditions of the agreement or formally renegotiate. 3. Rights of human subjects : Evaluations should be designed and conducted to respect rights and welfare of human subjects. 4. Human interactions : Evaluators should respect human dignity and worth in their interactions with other persons associated with an evaluation, so that participants are not threatened or harmed. 5. Complete and fair assessment : Evaluations should examine and address their weaknesses and build on strengths. 6. Disclosure of findings : Ensure that the findings and limitations are accessible to the persons affected by the evaluation. 7. Conflict of interest : Conflict of interest should be dealt with openly, so that it does not compromise the evaluation. 8. Fiscal responsibility : The evaluator’s allocations and expenditures should reflect sound accountability procedures and otherwise be prudent and ethically responsible, so that expenditures are accounted for and appropriate. Professional evaluation associations around the world have formulated and adopted codes of ethics. In Zambia, the Zambia Monitoring and Evaluation Association (ZaMEA) has ethical guidelines for its members. A list of evaluation associations in developing and developed nations have this information which can be found on http://www.ioce.net/members. Some notable associations of interest include: 1. International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE). 2. International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS). The Framework for Making Ethical Decisions Newman and Brown (1996) proposed a framework that can guide evaluators when making ethical decisions on evaluation: 1. Pay attention to ones’ intuition that something is not quite right.