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






2. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






4. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






5. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






6. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






8. Legally exploits security to test systems






9. Largest ponzi scheme in history






10. Adding or removing a substance






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






12. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






14. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






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






19. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






20. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






22. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






23. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






27. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






28. Monitors and regulates security transactions






29. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






30. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






33. 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






34. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






37. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






40. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






42. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






45. Crimes committed by company






46. Time between check issuance and presentation






47. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






49. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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