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White Collar Crime

Subjects : law, business-skills
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1. 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






2. 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






3. 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






4. 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






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. 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






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






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






9. 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






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






11. 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






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






13. 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






14. 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)






15. 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






16. 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






17. 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






18. White hats are good. Black hats are bad






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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]






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






29. 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






30. Pilfering - Chiseling - Fraud - Embezzlement






31. 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






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






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






34. Food - transport - medical






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






42. 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






43. 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 - [






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






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

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






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






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






49. 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






50. 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