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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. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






8. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






10. Adding or removing a substance






11. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






14. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






15. 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






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






17. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






19. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






20. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






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






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






25. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






29. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






31. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






34. Crimes committed by company






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






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






37. Adding or removing a substance






38. Monitors and regulates security transactions






39. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






42. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






44. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






47. Jurisdictions over false advertising






48. Monitors and regulates security transactions






49. Federal agency that protects the environment






50. Using the mails to complete criminal activity