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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. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






3. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






5. Crimes committed by company






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






7. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






8. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






9. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






12. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






14. Adding or removing a substance






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






16. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






18. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






20. Federal agency that protects the environment






21. Legally exploits security to test systems






22. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






25. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






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






30. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






31. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






33. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






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






38. Time between check issuance and presentation






39. 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






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






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






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






43. Largest ponzi scheme in history






44. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






47. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






48. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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