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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. Adding or removing a substance






2. Legally exploits security to test systems






3. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






6. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






8. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






10. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






12. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






13. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






14. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






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






18. Largest ponzi scheme in history






19. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






22. Time between check issuance and presentation






23. Crimes committed by company






24. Crimes committed by company






25. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Jurisdictions over false advertising






35. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






36. 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






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






38. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






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






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






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






44. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






46. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






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






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