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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. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






2. 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






3. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






4. Crimes committed by company






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






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






7. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






11. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






14. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






15. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






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






19. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






20. Largest ponzi scheme in history






21. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






23. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






24. Crimes committed by company






25. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Jurisdictions over false advertising






33. Adding or removing a substance






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






35. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






37. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






38. Federal agency that protects the environment






39. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






40. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






42. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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