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






2. Adding or removing a substance






3. Monitors and regulates security transactions






4. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






7. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






9. Monitors and regulates security transactions






10. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






13. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






16. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






18. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






19. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






22. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






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






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






27. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






28. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






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






32. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






36. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






38. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






39. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






40. Jurisdictions over false advertising






41. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






47. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






49. Time between check issuance and presentation






50. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain