>> My example was a volunteer setting (religious organization) with clients from a mix of different cultures. <<

That makes it challenging because people will have such diverse ideas of what is appropriate when and with whom.

>>I think some of the staff/volunteers from other cultures would might have done consensual culturally-appropriate casual touch with clients once or twice, and a lot of the clients were rather cuddly with each other until they recalibrated to American norms.<<

That makes sense. For comparison, T-America is more touch-friendly than L-America, and hippies tend to be more cuddly in general.

>>To be fair, most traditional offices don't involve:<<

True, although that's much more typical of social service jobs like battered women support or homeless shelters.

>>And we all mostly got along.<<

Then you did as well as could be expected.