A corporation's failure to take reasonable corrective action after an offense.

• A. Corporate ethos
• B. Corporate policy
• C. Reactive corporate fault
• D. Proactive corporate fault

Answer: (C)

The key idea is accountability for after-the-fact action. When a wrongdoing has occurred and the company fails to take reasonable corrective action to fix the problem and prevent recurrence, this fits reactive corporate fault. The focus is on how the organization responds once the offense is known, not on its culture or established rules, and not on preventing misconduct before it happens. Proactive corporate fault would describe failing to prevent offenses in advance, which is the opposite of the scenario. Corporate ethos and corporate policy relate to culture and rules, but they don’t specify fault for a negligent post‑offense response. So the scenario is best explained by reactive corporate fault.