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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. 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






2. Monitors and regulates security transactions






3. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






5. Time between check issuance and presentation






6. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






8. Federal agency that protects the environment






9. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






13. Federal agency that protects the environment






14. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






16. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






17. Crimes committed by company






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






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






20. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






22. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






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






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






27. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






29. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






32. Legally exploits security to test systems






33. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






34. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






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






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






39. Jurisdictions over false advertising






40. Adding or removing a substance






41. Time between check issuance and presentation






42. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






44. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






47. Largest ponzi scheme in history






48. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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