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






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. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






4. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






6. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






7. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Crimes committed by company






17. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






18. Monitors and regulates security transactions






19. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






20. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






22. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






23. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






26. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






29. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






31. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






32. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






33. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






35. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






39. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






42. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






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






47. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






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