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






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






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






5. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






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. Crimes committed by company






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






11. Legally exploits security to test systems






12. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






14. Legally exploits security to test systems






15. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






16. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






17. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






18. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






19. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






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






23. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






24. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






27. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






31. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






32. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






41. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






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






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






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






47. Adding or removing a substance






48. Largest ponzi scheme in history






49. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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