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






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. Legally exploits security to test systems






4. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






5. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






11. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






14. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






15. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






16. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






17. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






18. Crimes committed by company






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






20. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






21. Jurisdictions over false advertising






22. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






23. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






25. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






28. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






30. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






33. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






36. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






38. Adding or removing a substance






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






40. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






43. Crimes committed by company






44. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






45. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






46. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






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






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