These are the common rules and customs followed by group members. They may or may not be overtly defined. Norms specify acceptable and appropriate behavior. At IBM, wearing a white shirt used to be the norm. Norms develop from the values, expectations and acquired habits that members bring with them to the group.
Norms are for the most part unquestionably followed.
They are rarely overtly examined by the group itself, especially for their vast influence on communication within and between groups. The norms of White Stag are in some respects very different from what we experience every day. We have many ceremonies mimicking social rites of passage. We have numerous, complex and unique traditions. These include the physical, everyday ones of eating, breathing and sleeping.