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






3. Jurisdictions over false advertising






4. 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






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






6. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






7. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






9. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






11. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






19. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






21. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






22. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






23. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






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






27. Time between check issuance and presentation






28. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






30. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






31. Largest ponzi scheme in history






32. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






33. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






45. Time between check issuance and presentation






46. Jurisdictions over false advertising






47. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






48. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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