In the center is local benevolent reasoning. This climate might
exist in a semiautonomous workgroup or in a research lab in
which there is a high need for cooperation and the focus is
on jointly produced outcomes. In this case, decision making
involves the comparison of each alternative's impact on each
member of the team. For example, Peters and Waterman
(1982) found a "corporate family" theme in many of the
companies they reviewed: the needs of everyone (often including
each employee's own family) were considered in
company policy decisions.