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






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






3. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






5. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






6. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






7. Jurisdictions over false advertising






8. Adding or removing a substance






9. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






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






13. Jurisdictions over false advertising






14. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






17. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






21. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






22. Crimes committed by company






23. Monitors and regulates security transactions






24. Adding or removing a substance






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






26. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






27. Legally exploits security to test systems






28. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






29. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






31. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






33. Crimes committed by company






34. 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






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






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






37. Legally exploits security to test systems






38. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






39. Arab Scam or Abdul Scam - an FBI sting operation in which agents posed as rich oil sheiks and bribed members of Congress






40. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






41. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






43. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






45. Arab Scam or Abdul Scam - an FBI sting operation in which agents posed as rich oil sheiks and bribed members of Congress






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






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






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






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






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