An ad hoc committee on business ethics decided that three major conglomerates owed damages to four independent contractors for nonpayment of disputed bills.

a. that three major conglomerates owed damages to four independent contractors for nonpayment of

b. that three major conglomerates owed damages to four independent contractors because of their nonpayment of

c. that three major conglomerates who owed damages to four independent contractors because they had not paid

d. three major conglomerates to owe damages to four independent contractors for their nonpayment of

e. three major conglomerates owed damages to four independent contractors because of their nonpayment of