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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. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






2. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






3. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






4. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






6. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






8. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






9. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






11. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






12. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






16. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






19. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






20. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






23. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






25. Legally exploits security to test systems






26. Crimes committed by 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. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






29. Time between check issuance and presentation






30. 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






31. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






35. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Federal agency that protects the environment






48. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






50. Jurisdictions over false advertising