Some of the companies paid the government official enough money so that they ignore the issue and problems regarding business practices. An example of business practices is raising the price of a product in order to sell it at a regular price, but they represent it to the customer as ‘sale’ price.
I would have to say that A is your best choice.
A government relief program
The Emancipation Proclamation, issued on New Year's Day, 1863, freed all of the slaves in the rebellious states. Legally, the Proclamation was classified as a military order and thus the responsibility for its enforcement rested with Lincoln, the commander-in-chief.