The Conscience of Office
You took the job because you believed you could do good. Perhaps it was government service. Perhaps corporate leadership. Perhaps nonprofit work. The sector matters less than the premise: you thought you could exercise power responsibly.
Now you are being asked to do something that violates your conscience.
Not a catastrophic moral failure. Something smaller. A compromise. A necessary evil, they tell you. The cost of getting things done.
You are trying to decide whether to comply or resign.