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






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






3. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






4. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






5. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






6. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






8. Federal agency that protects the environment






9. Crimes committed by company






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






11. Adding or removing a substance






12. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






14. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Legally exploits security to test systems






22. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






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






26. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






28. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






31. 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






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






33. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






34. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






36. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






46. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






48. Largest ponzi scheme in history






49. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






50. Jurisdictions over false advertising