A war is raging, and your job is to deliver battlefield trucks and fighter jet parts to the military on a tight schedule. The government had been extremely dissatisfied with late delivery by a prior supplier and has chosen to work with your company chiefly because it promised to deliver the goods on time. The specifications provided by the government require work from a certified welder. Unfortunately, your welders are unavailable; one is on vacation, and the other, who has a history of unexplained absences, called in sick. You are in luck, however, because an apprentice welder is available. He has worked for your company for a number of years, and you believe his work is excellent. It is superior to the work of the certified welders; you trust him completely. You allow him to weld key components without certified welder supervision, and though you are not a certified welder yourself, you check to see if the job is done right. X-ray inspections suggest perfect work. Government rules specify that you perform 100 hours of inspection time. As closing time approaches, more than 90 of the required 100 inspection hours are completed. The components have to be shipped to the next company in the supply chain by the end of the day to avoid production bottlenecks. You believe the 100-hour inspection requirement is arbitrary and 90 hours plus is just as good. The driver in your carpool is ready to leave. You start to sign the certification papers, apply the inspection sticker, and call shipping to come pick up the welded components. You look forward to the bonus you will get for meeting the deadline. But you start to have second thoughts. Maybe you should call the manufacturer that is to receive the shipment of the parts or maybe your supervisor, or maybe the government should be informed. If you cannot get through to any of these people, should you just send the shipment anyhow? Should you contact them tomorrow? If you don’t contact them now, would it better not to contact them at all?