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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. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






4. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






6. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






8. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






10. Adding or removing a substance






11. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






13. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






14. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






18. Adding or removing a substance






19. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






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






23. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






26. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






29. Crimes committed by company






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






31. Largest ponzi scheme in history






32. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






35. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






36. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






37. 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






38. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






40. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






43. 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






44. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






45. Crimes committed by company






46. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






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






50. Largest ponzi scheme in history