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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. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






2. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






3. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






4. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






5. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






8. Federal agency that protects the environment






9. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






12. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






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






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






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






18. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






19. Crimes committed by company






20. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






27. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






28. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






30. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






31. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






34. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






35. Crimes committed by company






36. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






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






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






42. Adding or removing a substance






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






44. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






45. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






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






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






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