In addition to providing activities of interest to their members, company - sponsored
affinity groups come together with company management to find ways to recruit new employees and market products.
Not exact matches
Many of the government's largest sting operations
come from busting up cross-state Ponzi schemes, «
affinity» investment scams (which prey on the elderly or on particular ethnic or religious
groups), and penny - stock boiler rooms, like the infamous Stratton Oakmont and Sterling Foster.
Thus Lifton indicates that one characteristic distinguishing the rap
groups from traditional therapy was «that of
affinity, the
coming together of people who share a particular... historical and personal experience, along with a basic perspective on that experience, in order to make some sense of it.»
«With the goal of maintaining their status in some
affinity group, people are very resourceful when it
comes to making arguments.
In addition to
groups that
come together because of racial, ethnic background, and gender connections,
affinity groups also bring together individuals based on country of origin, religion, physical disabilities, military service, age, sexual orientation, and many other commonalities.
Even though Auerbach and Freud both
came to Britain as children, their adult styles have a much stronger
affinity with German art than they do with, say, the Bloomsbury
group.