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






2. 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






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






4. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






5. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






7. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






9. Adding or removing a substance






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






11. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






12. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






14. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






17. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






19. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






20. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






22. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






25. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. Largest ponzi scheme in history






32. Federal agency that protects the environment






33. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






34. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






36. Monitors and regulates security transactions






37. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






40. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






41. Federal agency that protects the environment






42. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






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






47. Crimes committed by company






48. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






50. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities