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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. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






2. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






5. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






6. Adding or removing a substance






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






8. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






11. Monitors and regulates security transactions






12. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






14. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






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






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






19. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






22. Largest ponzi scheme in history






23. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






25. 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






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






27. Federal agency that protects the environment






28. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






31. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






33. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






35. Time between check issuance and presentation






36. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






38. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






39. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






41. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






44. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






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






48. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






50. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels