You are a candidate for promotion. Before submitting the reports, your branch manager requested you to manipulate the reports increasing the sales for the period so that the branch will receive a bonus on selling more than what was budgeted. He said that you will receive half of the commission if you do so, else you will not be indorsed for promotion. Furthermore, he emphasized that only the two of you will keep this in secret. What will you do?

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