I understand that family members are considered to be inside one's group,
allowing for sentences such as: 先生は母にレポートを送ってくれた。/ The teacher sent my mother
a report.

Now, in the world of business, who belongs to one's group, exactly? One's
company, colleagues, outside contractors hired for a temporary two-day
assignment??

Examples:

  1. Company: お客様は弊社にお支払いをしてくれた。/ The customer paid our company. 

  2. Colleagues: お客様は同僚にお支払いをしてくれた。/ The customer paid my colleague.

  3. A contracted consultant servicing a customer on behalf of the company: お客様はコンサルタントに要件を提供してくれた。/ The customer provided our consultant the requirements.

Can the three receivers (弊社、同僚、and コンサルタント) be thought of as part of one's
group? (or is one's group restricted to only direct family members?)

I'm trying to practice the use of くれる, and need to understand who exactly can
be the receiver.

Thanks in advance.
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Who belongs to one's "group" in business?
It seems you, or your teacher, confuses くれる with ～てくれる. The former, the
"inbound" form of "give", is restrictive on the identity of receiver, that
only allows roughly "those who are a part of life of you". The latter, a
subsidiary verb that attaches to any other main verb, can be used regardless
of the subject or the object, whenever the act benefits you in any degree, any
form imaginable--your life, your job, or just making you a little happy.

So your three examples are all valid. You can even say something like:

> バットマンが悪者を倒してくれた。 _Batman has beaten the villain._

Neither Batman nor the villain is an existing person that may be related to
you, but if the movie pleased you, you could say it.
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