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






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






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






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






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






6. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






9. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






11. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






12. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






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






17. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






20. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






22. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Crimes committed by company






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






32. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






34. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






36. Monitors and regulates security transactions






37. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






39. 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






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






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






42. Adding or removing a substance






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






44. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






47. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






49. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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