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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. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






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






5. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






9. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






12. Jurisdictions over false advertising






13. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






15. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






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






20. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






21. Largest ponzi scheme in history






22. Crimes committed by company






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






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






25. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






28. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






30. Legally exploits security to test systems






31. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






34. Crimes committed by company






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






42. Federal agency that protects the environment






43. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






45. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






46. Monitors and regulates security transactions






47. 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






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






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






50. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes