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White Collar Crime

Subjects : law, business-skills
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1. Billing for unnecessary tests and services - is the most common form of medical fraud and it is extremely difficult to prove and prosecute






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






11. 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






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






13. 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






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






15. 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






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






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

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






19. 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






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






21. 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






22. White hats are good. Black hats are bad






23. 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.






24. 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)






25. 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






26. Refers mainly to basic - bulky components and tools






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






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






29. 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






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






31. 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






32. 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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






39. Food - transport - medical






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






41. 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






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






43. 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.]






44. 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






45. 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






46. 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






47. Pilfering - Chiseling - Fraud - Embezzlement






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






49. 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 - [






50. 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