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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. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






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






5. Largest ponzi scheme in history






6. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






7. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






9. Crimes committed by company






10. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






11. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






13. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






15. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






17. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






21. Adding or removing a substance






22. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






23. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






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






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






28. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






30. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






31. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






33. 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






34. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






36. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






39. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






40. Legally exploits security to test systems






41. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






42. Monitors and regulates security transactions






43. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






44. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






45. Crimes committed by company






46. Legally exploits security to test systems






47. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






49. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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