There are absolutely some universal expectations that are reasonable in a discipline-type spanking relationship.
Stuff like honestly, respect, listening, communication - those are rules that I tend to expect regardless of the particulars. If those kinds of rules aren't followed then it's hard to have any kind of relationship at all, let alone one that involves discipline and spanking.
At the same time, besides that in terms of rules for other kinds of behaviour it always depends on the specific person - nobody has the same behaviour, expectations, needs, etc... and every relationship is different, so you can't generalize too much beyond that.