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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. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






4. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






6. Crimes committed by company






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






8. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






10. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






11. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






12. Largest ponzi scheme in history






13. 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






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






15. Jurisdictions over false advertising






16. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






18. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






19. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






24. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






25. Crimes committed by company






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






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






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






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






30. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






33. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






34. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






36. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






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






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






41. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






43. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






44. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






45. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






46. Largest ponzi scheme in history






47. Adding or removing a substance






48. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






50. Jurisdictions over false advertising