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






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






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






4. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






5. 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






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






7. Jurisdictions over false advertising






8. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






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






18. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






19. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






20. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






23. Jurisdictions over false advertising






24. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






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






28. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






31. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






33. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






34. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






35. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






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






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






41. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






43. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






46. Crimes committed by company






47. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






49. Crimes committed by company






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