This may be because some people are assuming this is a rules-driven culture and some are assuming it's a principle-driven culture. (In real world examples we co

This may be because some people are assuming this is a rules-driven culture and some are assuming it's a principle-driven culture. (In real world examples we could also have a power-driven culture.) Understanding that a difference exists, what their effects are, and which you're in is important. Given insufficient information to clearly determine, people are not wrong to operate in either regime.