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






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






3. Monitors and regulates security transactions






4. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






6. Crimes committed by company






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






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






9. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






10. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






12. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






15. Jurisdictions over false advertising






16. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






17. Largest ponzi scheme in history






18. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






19. Monitors and regulates security transactions






20. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






22. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






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






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






27. Adding or removing a substance






28. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






29. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






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






33. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






40. Adding or removing a substance






41. Jurisdictions over false advertising






42. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






45. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






46. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






50. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses