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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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






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






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






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






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






6. Crimes committed by company






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






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






9. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






11. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






13. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






14. Legally exploits security to test systems






15. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






17. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






18. Time between check issuance and presentation






19. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






20. 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






21. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






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






26. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






30. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






31. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






34. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






35. Monitors and regulates security transactions






36. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






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






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






42. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






45. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






48. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






49. Crimes committed by company






50. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels