If a bank's sanctions policy is not applied uniformly across offices, this is an example of?

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When sanctions controls are supposed to be enforced uniformly, every office uses the same rules, screening processes, and escalation steps. If that uniformity breaks down and different offices apply the policy differently, governance is dispersed rather than centralized. That situation is called decentralized compliance, where compliance responsibility and enforcement are distributed across multiple locations rather than coordinated from a single center. This creates gaps in coverage and increases the risk of sanction violations.

The other options don’t fit because they describe who is affected (Non-U.S. Persons), the subject of sanctions (Sanctioned Country), or the method of examining possible violations (Investigative Process), not how the policy is implemented across the organization.