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






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






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






4. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






5. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






8. Crimes committed by company






9. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






11. Time between check issuance and presentation






12. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






15. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






16. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






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






20. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






22. Jurisdictions over false advertising






23. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






24. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






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






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






29. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






30. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






38. Adding or removing a substance






39. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






40. Monitors and regulates security transactions






41. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






43. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






44. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






47. Jurisdictions over false advertising






48. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






49. 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






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