The application of intergroup relations to the case of ritual struggle involving new British marine recruits Teams and work groups function in interdependent organizational and relational contexts. These organizational groups are interdependent as they function to achieve the goals of the entire organization. Groups rely on each other to obtain valuable information necessary for their functioning. In business, the marketing department may depend on production to reach more market, while the production department may depend on marketing to moderate production. Intragroup relations take on similar processes, but apply within the group. Group members form bonds of individual interdependent dependence. Group favoritism typically manifests itself with group members giving rise to group value. Members feel obligated to their group and view their members better than others who are not part of the group (Maddux, 2007). The need to belong is sometimes so strong within a group that members are willing to go to great lengths to blend well into the group. Other times other psychological factors come into play to lead group members to condone acts against them that they would not condone in other circumstances. This article analyzes intragroup and intergroup processes as highlighted in a British marine ritual reported in "The Guardian" involving the mistreatment of new army recruits (film Marines under fire for ritual beatings, 2005). The story contained in "The Guardian" is about a ritual combat involving new recruits of the British navy. The story contains four photographs depicting two naked Marine recruits in the center of a ring of other naked soldiers, forced to fight with mats rolled around their hands. A photo shows the... center of the sheet......d=17718Marines under fire for the film on ritual beatings. (2005, November 28). Retrieved from The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/nov/28/military.immigrationpolicy Organ, DW, (1988). Organizational citizenship behavior: The good soldier syndrome. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books. Pruitt, D.G., & Carnevale, P.J., (1993). Negotiation in social conflict. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole. Sherif, M., (1966). Group conflict and cooperation: Their social psychology. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. Tajfel, H., & Turner, J.C., (1986). The social identity theory of intergroup behavior. In S. Worchel and W. G. Austin (eds.). Psychology of intergroup relations (pp. 7-24). Chicago: Nelson-Hall Publishers.Turner, J.C., Hogg, M.A., Oakes, P.J., Reicher, S.D., & Wetherell, M.S., (1987).Rediscovering the social group. A theory of self-categorization. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.