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






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






3. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






4. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






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






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






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






10. Time between check issuance and presentation






11. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






15. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






17. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






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






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






22. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






25. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






26. Adding or removing a substance






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. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






30. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






32. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






33. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






34. Time between check issuance and presentation






35. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






37. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






40. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






41. 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






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






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






44. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






45. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






46. Crimes committed by company






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






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






49. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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