As a supervisor for a food processing company cleanup$$ crew, you contact a reporter for a major news network and disclose unsafe$$ food$-$handling practices that are condoned by your company. The company is a major advertiser on the station that hosts the news and was warned that there was a potentially damaging story in the works. The story is never$$ aired, and upper management is aware that you are the source and has warned you to stay quiet. Your BEST course of action would be to$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.$

Question content area bottom

Part $1$

A$.$

attempt to effect change in the corporate culture

B$.$

demand a corporate social audit

C$.$

remain silent and do your job

D$.$

agree to sign a nondisclosure agreement in exchange for a cash settlement

E$.$

contact the$$ company's ethics committee or a U$.$S$.$ government regulatory agency such as the USDA