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






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






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






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






5. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






6. Crimes committed by company






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






8. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






12. Crimes committed by company






13. Largest ponzi scheme in history






14. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






16. Jurisdictions over false advertising






17. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






18. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






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






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






24. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






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






29. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






30. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






33. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






36. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






37. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






39. 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






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






41. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






45. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






47. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






49. Adding or removing a substance






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