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






2. Largest ponzi scheme in history






3. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






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






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






8. Federal agency that protects the environment






9. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






10. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






13. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






14. 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






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






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






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






18. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






21. Crimes committed by company






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






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






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






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






26. Time between check issuance and presentation






27. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






28. 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






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






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






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






32. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






34. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






35. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






38. Adding or removing a substance






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






40. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






41. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






43. Crimes committed by company






44. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






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






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






49. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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