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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. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






2. Federal agency that protects the environment






3. Legally exploits security to test systems






4. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






7. Crimes committed by company






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






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






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






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






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






13. Adding or removing a substance






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






15. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






16. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






19. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






20. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






21. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






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






25. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






26. Jurisdictions over false advertising






27. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






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






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






32. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






33. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






36. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






37. Adding or removing a substance






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






39. Crimes committed by company






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






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






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






43. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






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






50. Time between check issuance and presentation