Who says the following and why?
"so i rule all this wealth with no great joy.
you must have heard my story from your fathers,
whoever they are—what hardships i endured,
how i lost this handsome palace built for the ages,
filled to its depths with hoards of gorgeous things."

we need the speech to be able to answer your question, reply with it and i'll reply with the answer.

the most ethic and honorable thing for the newspaper to do are:

be completely transparent in reporting about the company’s attempt to trade favors.

contact other construction companies to tell them about the situation.

these two options are the most ethic because both promote the market fair course, by telling the other competitors about the company attempt to get ahead in the market by trading favors, the market is guaranteed equality and justice in the trading of goods and services.