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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






8. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






10. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






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






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






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






16. Adding or removing a substance






17. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






20. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






21. Crimes committed by company






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






23. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






24. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






26. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






27. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






29. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






31. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






33. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






36. Largest ponzi scheme in history






37. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






38. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






39. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






41. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






43. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






44. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






45. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






46. Crimes committed by company






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






48. Adding or removing a substance






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






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