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






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






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






4. Crimes committed by company






5. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






7. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






9. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






10. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






14. Adding or removing a substance






15. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






17. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






19. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






20. 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






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






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






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






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






25. Largest ponzi scheme in history






26. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






27. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






30. 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






31. Jurisdictions over false advertising






32. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






35. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






37. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






38. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






40. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






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






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






45. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






46. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






49. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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