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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. Largest ponzi scheme in history






2. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






3. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






5. Legally exploits security to test systems






6. Adding or removing a substance






7. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






8. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






10. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






11. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






18. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






20. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






22. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






25. Legally exploits security to test systems






26. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






27. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






28. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






30. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






31. Federal agency that protects the environment






32. 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






33. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






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






37. Crimes committed by company






38. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






39. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






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






43. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






45. Monitors and regulates security transactions






46. Crimes committed by company






47. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






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