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






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






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






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






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






6. Time between check issuance and presentation






7. Federal agency that protects the environment






8. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






12. Adding or removing a substance






13. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






16. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






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






20. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






23. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






25. 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






26. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






29. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






31. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






32. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






34. Adding or removing a substance






35. Crimes committed by company






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






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






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






39. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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. Crimes committed by company






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






43. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






45. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






47. Federal agency that protects the environment






48. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






50. 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