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That depends on whose idea of 'common sense' you choose to apply, doesn't it? When i was young it was 'common sense' , for example, that negroes were less intelligent than whites, that all homosexuals were security risks, and women were only in employment to pass the time until they got married so they didn't need to be paid the same wages (or be offered partnership). So obviously you weren't breaching any person's right to be treated fairly on individual merit by applying that 'common sense' approach to deciding whether to give them a job and if so in what capacity and at what rate.

And I certainly used to know lawyers who could have benefitted enormously from some training in how to behave in the presence of a client!