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






2. Time between check issuance and presentation






3. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






5. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






7. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






9. Adding or removing a substance






10. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






11. 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






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






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






14. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






15. Crimes committed by company






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






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






18. Crimes committed by company






19. Jurisdictions over false advertising






20. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






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






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






25. Time between check issuance and presentation






26. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






28. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






30. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






31. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






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






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






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






37. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






41. Largest ponzi scheme in history






42. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






43. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






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






47. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






48. 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






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






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