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






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






4. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






5. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






6. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






9. Crimes committed by company






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






11. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






14. Jurisdictions over false advertising






15. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






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






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






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






21. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






23. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






24. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






27. Adding or removing a substance






28. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






29. Legally exploits security to test systems






30. Federal agency that protects the environment






31. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






35. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






38. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






40. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






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






44. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






46. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






47. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






48. Crimes committed by company






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






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