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






2. Largest ponzi scheme in history






3. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






13. Monitors and regulates security transactions






14. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






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






19. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






20. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






22. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






23. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






25. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






26. Adding or removing a substance






27. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






30. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






31. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






34. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






36. Crimes committed by company






37. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






39. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






41. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






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






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






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






48. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






49. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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