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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. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






3. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Federal agency that protects the environment






13. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






14. Time between check issuance and presentation






15. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






16. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






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






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






22. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






24. Adding or removing a substance






25. Crimes committed by company






26. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






28. 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






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






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






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






32. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






33. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






34. Federal agency that protects the environment






35. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






39. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






40. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






43. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






44. 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






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






46. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






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






50. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes