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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. Trading securities based on information that is not public knowledge






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






4. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






13. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






15. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






16. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






18. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






19. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






21. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






22. Adding or removing a substance






23. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






25. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






29. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






30. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






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






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






35. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






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






40. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






41. Crimes committed by company






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






43. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






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






47. 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






48. 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






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






50. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses