In both professional and nonprofessional settings, individuals often make a significant effort to learn and adhere to dress codes, etiquette, and other written and
unwritten standards of behavior.
The emerging global information infrastructure (GII) was a new and exciting environment full
of promise and opportunity for research, education, commerce, entertainment, social change, and democratic governance, but where laws and ethical
standards remained
unwritten, and where individuals and institutions are still testing the bounds
of acceptable
behavior.