Mickey Rooney is an RCIC who has just gotten his license recently. He has had several consultations with prospective clients, but none of them have retained him to represent them. Mickey believes that this is because his advice has been too negative, and the clients have gone to competitors who make their chances of approval sound better. Mickey decides to do the same thing in order to start convincing clients to retain him. Which of the articles of the Code of Professional Conduct is he breaking?

a. Article 5 - Duty of Loyalty

b. Article 6 - Honesty and candor

c. Article 7 - Duty of civility

d. Article 9 - Compliance with legislation