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During settlement negotiations in a civil dispute, Atty. Mila Santos represents a client against a manufacturing company. Opposing counsel privately offers Santos a lucrative future business opportunity with the opposing party’s business group and a personal gift if she will refrain from presenting a key document that would be favorable to her client. Santos accepts the gift and agrees not to press the document. The client later learns of the arrangement and reports Santos to the Bar. Which CPRA preamble principle is implicated by Santos’s conduct?