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






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






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






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






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






6. Legally exploits security to test systems






7. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






10. Jurisdictions over false advertising






11. Crimes committed by company






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






13. 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






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






15. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






16. Adding or removing a substance






17. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






19. Big companies may benifit from regulatory laws but little companies don't make enough money to meet regulatory laws






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






21. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






22. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






24. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






25. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






26. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






29. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






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






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






34. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






38. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






40. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






50. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities