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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. 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






2. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






4. Time between check issuance and presentation






5. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






6. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






10. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






11. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






13. Federal agency that protects the environment






14. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






17. Jurisdictions over false advertising






18. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






20. Crimes committed by company






21. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






29. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






30. Crimes committed by company






31. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






32. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






35. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






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






39. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






40. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






41. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






43. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






46. 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






47. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






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