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White Collar Crime

Subjects : law, business-skills
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1. Stock price dropped dramatically after drug was not approved by the FDA.






2. 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.]






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






4. 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






5. 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.






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






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






8. 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






9. 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






10. Karl Marx recognized dark side to most corporations. Marx regarded corporations as a capitalist system that exploits and dehumanizes workers and deprives them of a fair return on their labor. The pursuit of profit is the principle rational for the co






11. Corporations used to annihilate their competitors by undercutting their price and by pressuring dealers - sales agents - unions - and other parties not to work with their competitors






12. Goods and supplies that are delivered and paid for but cannot be accounted for by sales or stockroom surveys [because the items disappeared]






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. 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






17. 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






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






19. High returns are promised - Some early investors may receive payoffs - but most of the invested money is spent by the perpetrators






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






21. 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)






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






23. Refers mainly to basic - bulky components and tools






24. White hats are good. Black hats are bad






25. Gaining unauthorized access to computer system - file or network by using their specialized knowledge of computers






26. 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






27. 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






28. 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 - [






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

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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. 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






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






38. At one point the most-wanted computer criminal in the U.S. and was convicted of various computer and communications related crimes






39. Refers mainly to small - inexpensive - and expendable components and tools such as nails - bolts - scrap metals - pliers - and drill bits.






40. Pilfering - Chiseling - Fraud - Embezzlement






41. To conceal their own errors [make it look like it was the manager's fault] - To gain time off - For more pay [brake a system so they can charge to fix it] - To express their contempt and anger with their work and employer






42. 1980s dubbed as the 'biggest bank robbery' ever - S&Ls offered unrealistically high interest rates to attract large sums of money - money invested was then lent to developers engaged in highly speculative (risky) projects; which bound to go broke unl






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. 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






45. Refers to buying or selling a security - in breach of a fiduciary duty or other relationships of trust and confidence - while in possession of nonpublic information about the security






46. A type of Employee Crime: the destruction or fraudulent appropriation of another's money which has been entrusted to one's care






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






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






49. 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






50. Food - transport - medical