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






2. 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






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






4. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






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






9. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






12. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






14. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






16. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






17. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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. Crimes committed by company






27. Largest ponzi scheme in history






28. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






30. Time between check issuance and presentation






31. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






32. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






34. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






35. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






37. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






39. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






40. Monitors and regulates security transactions






41. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






42. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






43. Legally exploits security to test systems






44. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






45. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






48. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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