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






2. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






3. Adding or removing a substance






4. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






7. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






10. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






11. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






13. Time between check issuance and presentation






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. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






23. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






26. Jurisdictions over false advertising






27. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






30. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






32. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






33. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






34. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






36. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






39. Crimes committed by company






40. 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






41. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






43. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






44. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






46. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






49. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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