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Our team is carrying out a project among adolescent children facing troubles and living in the urban city. So far, we have encountered several ethical dilemmas that have interfered with the smooth running of the project. The ethical issues are as a result of conflicts obligations and values between what we as a team believe is right or wrong on one hand and what the professional code of ethics governing our practice dictates on the other hand (Reamer, n.d.). First and foremost, clients confidentiality and their informed consent is one major ethical issue that is proving to be a challenge to our team. The professional guidelines stipulating the way social work projects should be carried out outlines the clients well being as paramount when compared to any other value (Shaw, 2003). Even though the members of our team inform the adolescent clients of the limits to confidentiality before hand, they still struggle with feelings of guilt and betrayal when they have to break such confidentiality and inform other concerned parties of the status of the client (Shaw, 2003). This challenge has been heightened by the fact that most of the adolescents taking part in the project are not qualifi