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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. 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






2. Adding or removing a substance






3. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






6. Monitors and regulates security transactions






7. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






9. Monitors and regulates security transactions






10. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






12. Time between check issuance and presentation






13. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






14. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






18. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






20. Crimes committed by company






21. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






22. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






24. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






27. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






31. Largest ponzi scheme in history






32. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






33. Crimes committed by company






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. Trading securities based on information that is not public knowledge






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






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






39. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






40. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






43. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






45. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






48. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






49. 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






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