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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. Federal agency that protects the environment






2. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






3. Jurisdictions over false advertising






4. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






5. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






7. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






9. Monitors and regulates security transactions






10. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






12. Legally exploits security to test systems






13. 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






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






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






16. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






21. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






23. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






24. 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






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






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






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






28. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






30. Time between check issuance and presentation






31. Adding or removing a substance






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






33. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






37. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






38. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






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






43. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






46. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






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






50. Monitors and regulates security transactions