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






2. Federal agency that protects the environment






3. Legally exploits security to test systems






4. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






7. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






8. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






10. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






13. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






14. Jurisdictions over false advertising






15. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






16. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






18. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






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






22. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






23. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






26. 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






27. Time between check issuance and presentation






28. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






29. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






31. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






34. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






36. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Crimes committed by company






49. Time between check issuance and presentation






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