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White Collar Crime

Subjects : law, business-skills
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1. Its when a corporation commits criminal offences that are non-violence but have vast political and economic consequences. Sutherland






2. 'offenses committed by either corporate officials or the corporation itself - which benefit their corporation'






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






4. Was perhaps the single most famous example of a corporation that ruthlessly undercut virtually all competitors]






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


6. 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






7. 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






8. 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






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. Send you to a different place when they could have diagnosed it themselves






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






14. Corporations operating in third-world countries include highly hazardous and dangerous working conditions at industrial facilities; exportation of unsafe products






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






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






17. 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]






18. 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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






25. 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






26. Cheating employees out of overtime pay (Wal-Mart) - Denying workers their pensions (Police Agency) - and Extortion (falsely accusing employees of theft to comp their pay






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. 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






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. 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






34. Pilfering - Chiseling - Fraud - Embezzlement






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






36. 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






37. 1. It is indirect in the sense that victims are not assaulted by another person 2. The effects of corporate violence are removed in time from the action that caused the harm 3. Involves a large number of individuals acting collectively - which causes






38. 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)






39. Bankruptcy method used to avoid meeting certain burdensome finical obligations - including obligations to creditors






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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. 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 - [






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






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






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






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






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