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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. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






5. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






6. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






11. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






13. Legally exploits security to test systems






14. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






17. Crimes committed by company






18. Adding or removing a substance






19. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






20. Crimes committed by company






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






22. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






25. Monitors and regulates security transactions






26. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






28. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






30. Monitors and regulates security transactions






31. Adding or removing a substance






32. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






44. Time between check issuance and presentation






45. Federal agency that protects the environment






46. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






47. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






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