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






2. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






5. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






6. 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






7. Legally exploits security to test systems






8. 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






9. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






10. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






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






14. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






15. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






17. Adding or removing a substance






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






19. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






20. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






21. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






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






25. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






26. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






27. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






28. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






30. Adding or removing a substance






31. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






33. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






35. Crimes committed by company






36. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






38. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






40. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






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






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






45. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






47. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






48. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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