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






2. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






4. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






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






8. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






10. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






18. 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






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






20. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






23. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






25. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






27. Time between check issuance and presentation






28. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






30. Monitors and regulates security transactions






31. Legally exploits security to test systems






32. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






35. Federal agency that protects the environment






36. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






39. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






42. Crimes committed by company






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






44. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






47. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






49. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






50. Adding or removing a substance