<s>[INST] A company is facing a major crisis in the form of a product recall due to safety concerns. The CEO must quickly decide on a course of action to mitigate damage to the company's reputation and minimize financial losses. The CEO can choose to:

A) Issue a public apology and take full responsibility for the recall
B) Downplay the severity of the issue and blame external factors
C) Ignore the problem and hope it goes away
D) Focus solely on minimizing financial costs and ignore the reputational impact

Which course of action would an effective leader take?[/INST]