Reasonable Person Principle Much of our computer operations are based on self-policing of people. That is, everyone knows what is right and what is wrong, and no one needs to check-up on people to make sure they are following the rules . However, there are always complaints about people not doing the right thing . We would like everyone to follow what is called the reasonable person principle. Reasonable people think about their use of departmental facilities, and the needs of others, and adjust their behavior to meet the goals of a common good for the department, i.e., using the computing you need, but accepting and accommodating the needs of others.
Many people have very different expectations of what is reasonable .
To provide some help, here are some guide lines . For these guide lines to work, everyone must be a reasonable person. That is, everyone believes in the reasonable person principle, and believes that everything they do is reasonable. General Everyone will be reasonable. Everyone expects everyone else to be reasonable.