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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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






10. Time between check issuance and presentation






11. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






13. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






14. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






23. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






24. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






27. Crimes committed by company






28. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






29. Crimes committed by company






30. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






33. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






35. Jurisdictions over false advertising






36. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






37. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






40. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






44. Federal agency that protects the environment






45. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






46. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






47. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






50. 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