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






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






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






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






5. Monitors and regulates security transactions






6. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






7. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






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






11. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






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






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






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






17. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






20. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






24. Crimes committed by company






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






26. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






27. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






29. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






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






33. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






35. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






38. 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






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






40. Legally exploits security to test systems






41. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






42. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






44. Federal agency that protects the environment






45. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






47. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






49. Crimes committed by company






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