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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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1. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






3. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






5. Crimes committed by company






6. Monitors and regulates security transactions






7. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






10. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






12. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






14. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






16. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






18. Crimes committed by company






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






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






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






22. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






23. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






24. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






26. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






29. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






31. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






32. 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






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






34. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






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






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






40. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






42. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






44. Jurisdictions over false advertising






45. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






47. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






48. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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