The IBM guidelines seem to be a necessary step not just for educating the individuals but also as a self-defense for the company that doesn't want to be blamed for everything its employees mat say or do.

From a galactic point of view, however, it is interesting to see that the rules of proper conduct become ever more complicated.

1) how long will newborn humans be able to learn all the expected new norms? Benign actions that get a fifth grade in real trouble today were no problem a couple of decades earlier.

2) How long can the society carry the ever increasing weight or these rules? Can a small business realistically avoid using lawyers, accountants, and an army of other professionals, whose services may be necessary for staying in business but a drain on its financials?

Will this growing complexity result in the collapse and disintegration of this nice little civilization?

I am glad my flying saucer is (hopefully)still operational hidden under the mulberry bush :-)

alas, G-Man, your saucer has no doubt been cleared away along with the underbrush in some "Green the Neighborhood" movement. See, even you too can 'benefit' from our increasing social and regulatory complexity!