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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. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






4. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






7. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






8. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






9. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






10. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






13. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






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






17. Crimes committed by company






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






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






20. Time between check issuance and presentation






21. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






32. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






34. 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






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






36. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






38. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






40. Legally exploits security to test systems






41. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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. 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






44. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






45. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






46. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






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