The policies in question aren’t ignored per se, but there’s wiggle room. There always is. What a policy like a workplace rule or a statement in a syllabus is, is actually a limit. This is the line that you can get in trouble after crossing. You won’t necessarily, every single time, and under ideal conditions it will apply every time, but if you’re taking part in this enterprise, what you’re agreeing to is the fiction that this line matters.

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