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






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






3. Adding or removing a substance






4. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






6. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






8. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






10. 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






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






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






13. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






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






17. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






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






21. Crimes committed by company






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






23. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






25. Adding or removing a substance






26. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






29. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






30. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






31. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






32. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






36. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






39. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






40. Largest ponzi scheme in history






41. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






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






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






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






47. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






48. Federal agency that protects the environment






49. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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