X Corporation discovers that a product it manufactures has exposed its employees to asbestos for decades. It must decide what to do with this information. If it suppresses its discovery, the business will remain successful and the company's owners will continue to profit, but current and former employees will continue to endure negative health effects.

According to Josephson's core values model for ethical decision-making, what should X Corporation do next?

Evaluate how likely the corporation is to successfully suppress this information and determine the consequences of being caught.

Decide which core values are at stake in the decision to suppress the information and rank them in order of importance.

Evaluate whether the decision to suppress the information would satisfy any core values and contrast it to other possible decisions.

Determine if the benefits to the owners from suppressing the information outweigh the consequences to employees, or if the reverse is true.