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Evaluators are frequently faced with ethical dilemmas at some or all parts of the evaluation process. An ethical dilemma occurs when the evaluators have uncertainty about the proper or right thing to do because there is conflict between two or more valid and morally acceptable options such that making one choice prevents selection of the other. The complexity of an ethical dilemma arises out of a situational conflict or paradox between two possible ethical imperatives, in which obeying one would result in transgressing another. For example, focusing on the common good might result in failing to reveal malfeasance that could result in the elimination of a program and job loss for community-based staff who were not at fault. Here, there is not a definitive, clear correct response—as may become evident to readers after reviewing the dilemma in the following case study.