Rachel Hawks is just settling in to a new position as junior engineer at a well-respected but small company located in a northernCanadian community. She and her husband have made the difficult decision to move away from extended family and her husband'steaching position so that Rachel may further her career. Her husband has been unable to find work in his field, and the prospects forthe near future seem pretty slim at best. Rachel's colleagues are hardworking and adopt the highest standards for safety in allprojects, but she finds out that unbeknownst to her, the company has been having difficulty obtaining contracts because of adownturn in the economy, and if the situation gets much worse, it is likely the company will have to consider laying off employees oreven worse declare bankruptcy. Rachel's first task is to develop a proposal for a new bridge that would connect the local mainlandmunicipality to the isolated Indigenous community across the water. Currently, the only way members of the Indigenous communitycan access services in the larger community and have products and medical supplies transported overland by truck to the communityis during the winter months via an ice bridge. In spring, summer, and early fall, access between the two communities is by seaplaneor boat, which is a considerably more expensive mode of travel that adds to the cost of products. Although construction of the bridgewould benefit both communities, it would be especially beneficial to the Indigenous community as it would provide a less expensiveway of transporting much needed goods in times of economic hardship. Rachel has spent many overtime hours to get the proposalready and feels that the proposal is the most reasonable both in terms of cost and the use of materials that will ensure the safety andlongevity of the bridge. Rachel submits the proposal to her supervisor, Peter Brown, who is both the senior engineer and thePresident/owner of the company. While Rachel fully expects praise from her supervisor for her work, Peter returns the proposal andinstructs Rachel to rework the proposal so that it comes in $200,000 below the initial estimate. Rachel explains that in order to do so,estimates would have to be falsified, which would dishonest, and moreover, it would be impossible to complete the project asoutlined in the proposal. At this point, Peter decides to confide in Rachel and explains that the incumbent MP for the area, who isseeking re-election, is fully in support of the project and would likely be able to secure a portion of the cost of the bridge throughfederal funding even though it would raise municipal taxes. The candidate who is running against the incumbent is opposed toproject because it would result in increased municipal taxes and if elected would do everything possible to quash the project. Theelection is likely to be close, and Peter has contributed to the incumbent MP's campaign to increase the chances that the incumbentMP will be re-elected, and in return, the MP's friends in the federal department have explained how to write up the proposal so it willbe accepted without challenge. Further, both the MP and Peter know that projects come with cost overruns and that if Peter'scompany does the work it will be done well and not cost the community much more than if completed by another firm. Rachel knowsthat falsifying estimates is wrong, but she also is quite confident that if she doesn't do it that Peter will. What should Rachel do?