Although the Taj group of restaurants was aware that sharks were an endangered species, they kept serving shark fin soup in their restaurants. This led to massive protests from activists belonging to the Humane Treatment of Animals foundation

Consequently, the CEO of the Taj group gave a substantial donation to the Humane Treatment of Animals foundation. This action of the CEO can be categorized as
a) ingratiation.
b) justification.
c) correction.
d) denial.

a