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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. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






2. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






5. Federal agency that protects the environment






6. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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. Crimes committed by company






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






14. Legally exploits security to test systems






15. Jurisdictions over false advertising






16. Time between check issuance and presentation






17. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






18. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






20. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






22. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






23. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






34. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






36. Jurisdictions over false advertising






37. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






38. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






39. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






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






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






44. Crimes committed by company






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






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






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






48. Time between check issuance and presentation






49. Monitors and regulates security transactions






50. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee