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White Collar Crime

Subjects : law, business-skills
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1. Goods and supplies that are delivered and paid for but cannot be accounted for by sales or stockroom surveys [because the items disappeared]






2. Its when a corporation commits criminal offences that are non-violence but have vast political and economic consequences. Sutherland






3. Refers to a type of Employee Crime: known as theft through misrepresentation






4. Kenneth Lay - Jeffery Skilling - Andy Fastile - Luis Barget


5. Galleon Hedge Fund Case was one of the largest hedge funds in the world managing over $7 Billion. - Believed to have obtained inside information from a number of companies - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. - Goldman Sachs Group - Intel Corporation - Raj






6. Crime that is defined as illegal or harmful conduct committed specifically in the context of their religious entity such as a religious leader may generate a bottomless donation basket for gullible believers to offer money which is used for corrupt p






7. Corporations with contracts to provide goods and services to the government. [Halliburton no-bid contracts]






8. Refers to a type of Employee Crime: known as cheating or swindling






9. Pilfering - Chiseling - Fraud - Embezzlement






10. The Hooker Chemical Corporation bought the canal; drained it - and began dumping metal drums filled with highly toxic chemical wastes. Eventually the property was acquired by a local school board - and both a school and residential neighborhood were






11. A case in which the Ford company placed the gas tank in the rear of the car to save money on engineering costs. When the car was involved in rear-end collisions the gas tank exploded - burning some people to death






12. A situation in which the interests of a person whom serves in their professional role conflict with that person's own private interests as an individual






13. For lying about a stock sale conspiracy - and obstruction of justice.






14. Manipulation of products - Short weighing - Bait-and-switch - Collection of taxes on nontaxable items [auto shop labor] - Wage theft






15. Large corporations taking advantage of political corruption - the absence or paucity of regulatory controls - and the desperation for economic enterprise characteristic of many developing nations






16. 1/3 of the us adult population has been victimized by some form of consumer fraud - Estimated costs over $100 billion annually - Major causes of this large degree of victimization - Advances in technology (faceless perceptions and victims) - Globaliz






17. Price gouging or systematic overcharging - have also been directed at various industries and corporations when they take advantage of especially vulnerable classes of consumers or circumstances such as shortages. Many states prohibit price gouging by






18. Refers to lawyers engaging in criminal conduct in the course of discharging their professional duties






19. Decreasing the number of high-wage union jobs - reducing wages of US workers - hiring illegal immigrants and the use of offshore plants for cheap workers






20. Refers to illegal activity that occurs in the world of finance and financial institutions [Can be committed to benefit financial institutions - such as banks - or for the benefit of individuals - such as investment bankers.]






21. A producer of asbestos products which was later found linked to an ultimately fatal lung disease resulting from exposure to asbestos. Manville had internal medical reports of asbestosis among its workers; however - based on cost-benefit analysis - it






22. A Corporation that ruthlessly undercut virtually all competitors in order to obtain control 95% of the market.






23. White hats are good. Black hats are bad






24. Billing for unnecessary tests and services - is the most common form of medical fraud and it is extremely difficult to prove and prosecute






25. Hospitals have defraud the government of billions of dollars annually through Medicaid and Medicare. [upcoding - service never performed - kickbacks - and self-referrals]






26. Food - transport - medical






27. Stock price dropped dramatically after drug was not approved by the FDA.






28. Refers to monogrammed clothing - wallets - jewelry - personally modified tools






29. Refers mainly to basic - bulky components and tools






30. A situation in which the interests of a person whom serves in their professional role conflict with that person's own private interests as an individual






31. Refers to plagiarism - embezzlement of university discretionary funds - forgery - claims about credentials






32. The corporate empires of the robber barons (for example: Rockefeller - Carnegie - Vanderbilt - Gould - and Frick) of the second half of the 19th century were involved in every manner of bribery - fraud - stock manipulation - predation against competi






33. Major corporations cost US taxpayers huge amounts by evading their fair share of the tax burden






34. Refers to a type of Employee Crime: known as petty theft






35. Directing patients to the clinic's pharmacy to fill unneeded prescriptions






36. Internal computer crimes (sabotaging programs) - Telecommunications crimes (hacking) - Computer manipulation crimes (embezzlements and fraud) - Computers in support of criminal enterprises - Hardware / software thefts (corporate level mainly)






37. An intrauterine birth control device in the 1960's in which it was discovered that bacteria was traveling up the wick of the device into the womb.






38. Activities deviating from norms of employers - professional associations - or coworkers within an occupational setting - such as malingering or sexual harassment






39. Corporate Officials - Directors and Mangers - Outsiders who are 'tipped' [CEO tips family members - 'it going to be a bad month'] - Bankers - accountants and lawyers who provide services with confidential information about securities being traded - [






40. Pyramid Scheme (has product) - A variant of a Ponzi Scheme - Involves recruiting other people into the business in other to sustain profit rather them a truly profitable enterprise [MonVie Acai Berry juice






41. Fixed prices or parallel pricing is when the leaders in the industry set inflated prices and supposed competitors adjust their own prices accordingly. Explicit price fixing was prohibited by the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 as a form of 'restraint t






42. Refers to illegal activity that occurs in the world of finance and financial institutions






43. The Madoff ponzi scheme was surely the largest in history to date [Started in the 1990s and defrauded thousands of investors of recorded $65 Billion]






44. Your whole family should come in for something that's not that serious]






45. Is the act of manipulating people into performing actions or divulging confidential information - rather than by breaking in or using technical cracking techniques






46. Corporations are increasingly controlled by paper entrepreneurs - or investors who are principally concerned with short-term profit. These investors are far less likely to be strongly committed to product development of to the local communities in wh






47. In the Anglo-American tradition - the earliest corporations were churches - towns - guilds and universities - 'town saloon'. Over time - these corporations were recognized as trusts with legal control over certain property. These trading corporations






48. Let the buyer beware - has traditionally regulated the relationship between buyers and sellers






49. They are the top people in the corporate world - government - and military whom have 'interlocks' - or a complex network of ties - that enable them to advance their interrelated interests and move quite easily between high-level private- and public-s






50. Ponzi Schemes has (no a product) - While a Pyramid Scheme (has a product