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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. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






3. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






4. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






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






8. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






9. 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






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






11. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






12. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






13. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






14. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






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






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






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






20. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






22. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






24. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






26. Jurisdictions over false advertising






27. 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






28. Largest ponzi scheme in history






29. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






31. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






33. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






34. Legally exploits security to test systems






35. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






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






39. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






41. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






43. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






44. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






47. Crimes committed by company






48. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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