If refers to the rules of organizations that govern the orderly transaction of business in meetings. Without rules, there can be confusion and injustice as a few members dominate the discussion. All organizations, such as business, cultural, religious, social, fraternal, professional, educational, labor, civil, scientific, medical, and governmental, utilize the principles and rules of parliamentary procedure. All profit and non-profit corporations and associations and the boards, counsels, commissions, and committees of government, also observe parliamentary rules. A little knowledge of parliamentary procedure is a dangerous thing.
Some people view it as a tool they can use to manipulate a meeting to their advantage.
Any intent to use parliamentary procedure to confuse others is an abuse of rules. The majority vote decides. The rights of the minority must be protected. Full and free discussion of every proposition presented for decision is an established right of members. Every member has the right to know the meaning of the question before the assembly and what its effect will be.