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White Collar Crime

Subjects : law, business-skills
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1. Refers to illegal activity that occurs in the world of finance and financial institutions






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






3. 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.






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






5. 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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






17. White hats are good. Black hats are bad






18. 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.]






19. 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






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

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21. 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






22. 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






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






24. 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






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






26. 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






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






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. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






38. 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






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






40. 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






41. 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






42. 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






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






44. 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






45. 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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. 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