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White Collar Crime Vocab

Subjects : law, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937)






2. Trading securities based on information that is not public knowledge






3. Individuals choose to commit crimes as a result of some calculus - Bounded rationality






4. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






5. Illegally exploits security in good will or jut for fun (for the lulz)






6. Easiest way to make a fast buck - Greed is good - Fear of falling






7. Time between check issuance and presentation






8. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






9. Commitment to one's job should constrain crime - Hollinger and Clark (1983) found deviant workplace behavior increased when employees intended to leave their current job






10. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






11. Created 3 new crimes - Unauthorized access with intent to defraud - Malicious damages via unauthorized access - Trafficking in passwords with intent to defraud






12. Illegally exploits security in good will or jut for fun (for the lulz)






13. Paper where Ford admitted safety problems in a design but rationalized it was cheaper to pay a law suit






14. United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937)






15. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






16. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






17. Monitors and regulates security transactions






18. Bonds- debt paid back with interest Stocks - shares of company






19. As new clients are made - their money is used to pay original investors






20. (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller






21. Certainty - severity - and celerity - How likely it is to be punished - How harsh that punishment will be - How quickly the punishment will be applied






22. Writing worthless checks and using finical institutions to conceal their true value






23. Jurisdictions over false advertising






24. As new clients are made - their money is used to pay original investors






25. Illegal activity using phone - Television - cable - or rodeo lines






26. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






27. Taking cash from a register - over charging customers or under ringing sales






28. (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller






29. Famously - Sutherland claimed that WC criminals do not suffer from psychological disorders






30. Something about the organizational context induces otherwise good people to commit crimes or unethical acts






31. Individuals choose to commit crimes as a result of some calculus - Bounded rationality






32. Commitment to one's job should constrain crime - Hollinger and Clark (1983) found deviant workplace behavior increased when employees intended to leave their current job






33. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






34. Said the free market - not the legal system is the best way to deal with business which harm people... govern themselves






35. Legally exploits security to test systems






36. Said the free market - not the legal system is the best way to deal with business which harm people... govern themselves






37. Adding or removing a substance






38. Largest ponzi scheme in history






39. Monitors and regulates security transactions






40. Crimes committed by company






41. Low or absent affect - Lack of empathy - Inability to form attachment - Able to appear outwardly normal






42. Largest ponzi scheme in history






43. Legally exploits security to test systems






44. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






45. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






46. Federal agency that protects the environment






47. A legislation designed to prevent business firms from gaining monopoly in their fields






48. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






49. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






50. Individuals have criminal tendencies that they import to the organizational context to commit both occupational and organizational crimes