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






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






4. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






6. Crimes committed by company






7. Legally exploits security to test systems






8. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






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






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






13. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






14. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






15. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






16. Legally exploits security to test systems






17. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






18. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






20. Largest ponzi scheme in history






21. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






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






26. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






29. Adding or removing a substance






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






31. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






32. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Jurisdictions over false advertising






42. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






44. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






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






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






50. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses