It takes time to understand a new system and the tacit rules of a new culture.
"There is a widespread understanding," writes the diplomat, "that Khodorkovsky violated the tacit rules of the game: if you keep out of politics, you can line your pockets as much as you desire".
Old-fashioned as it seems, there are still tacit rules about when an open secret can remain in its own netherworld, without consequence to the politician who keeps it.
The vast majority of entrepreneurs and businesses were assumed to be operating within the tacit rules, the ethical framework of society.
The concept of entrepreneurs and profit are seen differently: good or bad, right or wrong, ethical or unethical, within a relatively homogeneous culture sharing tacit rules and ethical frameworks.
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In fact we are so sensitive to our history of racial victimization, there are even certain words that may not be said by people of one color but may be said by people of another: in other words, we are so aware of the racial issue that we've almost changed the tacit rules of our language on its account.
Health workers can also have tacit rules among themselves about profiteering or absenteeism.
In Nigeria, communities have tacit rules about health care-seeking behaviour, such as what people with symptoms of tuberculosis are expected to do, how women are expected to seek care during pregnancy and childbirth, and the need for childhood vaccination.
The tacit underpinning rule is that you can't be leftwing unless you are living in a paper bag.
