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






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






3. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






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






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






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






9. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






11. Largest ponzi scheme in history






12. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






14. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






16. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






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






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






21. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






22. Monitors and regulates security transactions






23. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






25. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






27. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






29. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






30. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






33. Crimes committed by company






34. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






35. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






37. Federal agency that protects the environment






38. Largest ponzi scheme in history






39. 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






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






41. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






42. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






43. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






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






47. 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






48. Adding or removing a substance






49. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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