Question

Ajax Corp., an American company, owns a factory in China. Managers often report back to headquarters in the U.S. that Chinese government authorities make and impose arbitrary rules and regulations on the facility’s operations very frequently. This kind of legal unpredictability is indicative of the fact that China’s legal system is based on _____ law.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is bureaucratic.

Explanation:

Bureaucracy is the organization or structure that is characterized by centralized and decentralized procedures, division of responsibilities, work specialization, hierarchy and impersonal relationships. The term is used in sociology, in administrative science and, especially, in public administration. It could be defined as a set of techniques or methodologies arranged to learn or rationalize the external reality (to which it intends to control the central power) in order to know it and call it in a standardized or uniform way. A clear example of this characteristic of bureaucracies, particularly those of government, is the hiring and assignment or removal of personnel, that is, officials, according to explicit criteria and relevant to the performance of duties.