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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. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






13. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






14. Adding or removing a substance






15. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






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






19. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






20. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






23. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






26. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






27. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






29. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






30. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






32. Monitors and regulates security transactions






33. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






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. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






39. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






41. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Time between check issuance and presentation






47. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






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