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






2. Crimes committed by company






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






4. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






7. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






9. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






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






14. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






16. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






18. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






20. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






23. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






24. Time between check issuance and presentation






25. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






26. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






28. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






30. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






33. Federal agency that protects the environment






34. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






37. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






40. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






42. 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






43. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






44. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






46. 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






47. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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