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






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






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






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






5. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






6. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






8. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






18. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






19. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






22. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






24. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






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






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






29. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






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






33. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






35. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






36. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






38. 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






39. Crimes committed by company






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






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






42. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






44. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






46. Adding or removing a substance






47. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






48. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






50. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses