ABSTRACT
This case was given as an example of an ethical dilemma by a female student studying youth and community work in Britain. It is an account of an everyday incident, probably remembered because the youth worker at the time was relatively inexperienced and questioned whether her response was the right one. All youth workers can give examples of similar incidents and dilemmas – of cases where they have had to make a difficult choice about what to do, and wondered afterwards if what they did was right.
