As for clarification of values , CPM presents privacy as valuable in its own right, not relationally inferior to openness, transparency, or self-disclosure. Additionally, Petronio upholds mutually coordinated privacy rules as the best way to establish effective boundaries that protect co-owned private information. It’s a bit of a stretch to say that the theory calls for a radical reform of society the way some critical theories do, but Petronio clearly believes that healthy relationships within a community depend on trust and that they’ll be less at risk when peoplefollow her research-based prescription for the prevention of turbulence.