Written by Suzi Quixley and Siyavash Doostkhah, in consultation with youth workers in Queensland.

Recent debate over whether, or not, to adopt a Code of Ethics for youth work has been characterised by an uncritical assumption that having a code is a good thing …that it will automatically produce more ethical practice or protect against unethical practice.  This paper challenges these assumptions and puts an alternate point of view about how ethical practice can be achieved in work with young people.

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