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






3. Jurisdictions over false advertising






4. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






6. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






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






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






12. Legally exploits security to test systems






13. Time between check issuance and presentation






14. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






16. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






18. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






20. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






21. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






24. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






25. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






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






29. 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






30. Crimes committed by company






31. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






32. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






34. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






35. 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






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






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






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






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






40. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






42. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






44. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






46. Crimes committed by company






47. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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