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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. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






2. Crimes committed by company






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






4. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






5. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






6. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






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






10. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






11. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






13. Federal agency that protects the environment






14. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






17. 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






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






19. Legally exploits security to test systems






20. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






22. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






23. 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






24. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






27. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






30. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






33. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






35. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






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






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






41. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






42. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






43. Time between check issuance and presentation






44. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






46. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






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






50. Largest ponzi scheme in history