Step 1: Contextual Framework Pass (Facts)

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Facts:
Engineer A, employed by the XYZ Manufacturing Company, which produces and sells a variety of commercial home-use products, became concerned about what he regards as a trend toward the production of "cheap" products for sale to the public.
He feels that this trend toward inferior and shoddy products is due in large part to inadequate engineering, and that an increase in engineering effort could produce products of greater durability and efficiency.
Engineer A joins a group of other engineers, not all of whom work for the same company, who feel the same way.
They form a "Citizens Committee for Quality Products." Engineer A becomes a leading spokesman for their cause, including public statements, letters to local newspapers and appearance before legislative bodies in support of laws to impose minimum standards for commercial products.
Engineer B, the supervisor of Engineer A, warned him that if he continued in his activities, he would be discharged because he was putting his employer in an embarrassing position, even though Engineer A had not mentioned the products of his employer or any other specific company in his activities on behalf of the Citizens Committee.