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






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






3. Legally exploits security to test systems






4. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






6. Federal agency that protects the environment






7. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






10. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






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






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






17. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






20. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






23. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






24. Adding or removing a substance






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






26. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






28. Crimes committed by company






29. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






40. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






42. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






43. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






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






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






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






49. Federal agency that protects the environment






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