Unspoken rules, this is a universal social phenomenon, and it is also a very delicate relationship. In the workplace, unspoken rules often affect people's work and life, and sometimes even lead to unfair and unreasonable situations.
To put it simply, an unspoken rule is an invisible rule, which is not explicitly prescribed or formally institutionalized, but it plays an important role in practice. Such rules are often based on unwritten rules on the relationship between people and on the exchange of benefits.
The existence of unspoken rules has its rationality and inevitability. In a highly competitive society, people need to cooperate with each other and exchange benefits with each other in order to survive and thrive. And the unspoken rules are based on this need. It can allow people to get more opportunities and benefits in unfair competition, and it can also allow people to develop their careers more smoothly in social interactions.
Gray unspoken rules refer to some improper and immoral behaviors or relationships in work or life, which are often difficult to be regulated by explicit regulations and accepted by social morality, but they are widely existing in practice. These behaviors or relationships are often driven by interests and involve power, money, relationships, etc.
In many cases, the unspoken gray rule is an exchange of interests, usually in private, such as in a commercial transaction, where the buyer and seller may obtain benefits through improper means, which is a kind of gray unspoken rule.