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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. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






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






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






14. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






15. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






16. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






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






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






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






22. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






24. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






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






29. Jurisdictions over false advertising






30. Monitors and regulates security transactions






31. Crimes committed by company






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. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






35. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






36. Monitors and regulates security transactions






37. Crimes committed by company






38. Time between check issuance and presentation






39. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






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






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






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






46. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






47. Federal agency that protects the environment






48. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






49. Federal agency that protects the environment






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