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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. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






2. Crimes committed by company






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






4. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






5. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






8. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






10. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






21. Monitors and regulates security transactions






22. 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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






28. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






31. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






34. Monitors and regulates security transactions






35. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






39. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






41. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






43. Legally exploits security to test systems






44. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






46. Federal agency that protects the environment






47. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






48. Legally exploits security to test systems






49. Time between check issuance and presentation






50. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission