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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. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






2. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






3. Crimes committed by company






4. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






17. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






19. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






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






23. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






26. Time between check issuance and presentation






27. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






28. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






29. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






32. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






34. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






35. Adding or removing a substance






36. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






37. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






39. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






42. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






43. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






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






47. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






48. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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