You should not be facing charges for refusing to take part in a criminal conspiracy and doing your best to cause the appropriate legal action to be taken to mitigate that criminal conspiracy. That statement should be completely uncontroversial.
Activism can very frequently involve being fired from your job (which is why many activists end up forming organizations and getting paid specifically for their activism) and being threatened with charges pressed.
Having to deal with this inside the organization you're trying to change rather than outside of it isn't actually different. It's a different psychological experience (namely, it's far more hostile), but the threats don't change.
The difference between this and activism would be...?