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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. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






3. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






5. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






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






9. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






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






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






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






15. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






19. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






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






23. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






25. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






26. Federal agency that protects the environment






27. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






28. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






29. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






30. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






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






35. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






36. Largest ponzi scheme in history






37. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






38. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






40. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






43. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






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






48. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






50. Legally exploits security to test systems