All research should be overt, research participants should have the right to decide if they want to be part of an investigation and they should be fully informed about the nature, purpose and process of that research. In ethnography this becomes, in my view, event more important, as you are sharing someone’s life in order to report on it and draw theory from what you learn. It is not always possible to obtain written consent from research participants for a number of reasons, but that doesn’t mean that consent should not be sought; only when it is given in some agreed from can the research begin. Not only do we require consent at the outset but I recommend that we attempt to gain consent for the finished work. A seal of approval from those who are living the story can only strengthen a theory. The choice, outside specific institutional or association guidelines, ultimately belongs to you, the researcher. Make your choice in the light of your own values and belifs.