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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. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






4. 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






5. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






6. Crimes committed by company






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






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






9. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






11. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






12. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






14. 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






15. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






19. Crimes committed by company






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






21. Adding or removing a substance






22. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






25. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






28. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






30. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






33. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






35. Monitors and regulates security transactions






36. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






37. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






40. Largest ponzi scheme in history






41. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






43. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






44. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






46. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






48. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






49. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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