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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. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






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






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






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






7. Legally exploits security to test systems






8. Time between check issuance and presentation






9. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






11. 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






12. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






14. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






15. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






17. Jurisdictions over false advertising






18. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






19. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






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






23. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






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






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






28. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






30. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






31. Crimes committed by company






32. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






35. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






37. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






38. Federal agency that protects the environment






39. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






42. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






44. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






46. Crimes committed by company






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






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






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. Legally exploits security to test systems