Question

Steve is the start of the college football team. He takes a sociology course and fails all of the exams in that course. Nevertheless, the instructor gives Steve an "A" in the course. This would violate which component of bureaucrcies?

Answer 1

An instructor giving a failing student an 'A' grade, despite performance, violates the impersonality and explicit rules of bureaucracies, which should be based on merit and documented skills.

Step-by-step explanation:

Steve, being the star of the college football team, failing all his exams in a sociology course but still receiving an 'A' would violate the principle of impersonality in bureaucracies. Bureaucracies are anchored on a meritocracy system, where positions and evaluations should be based on documented skills and performance, rather than on personal biases, nepotism, or favoritism.

The instructor's decision to award an 'A' disregards the actual academic performance and thereby undermines the explicit rules that govern fair grading in an educational bureaucracy.