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






2. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






5. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






16. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Federal agency that protects the environment






24. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






26. Time between check issuance and presentation






27. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






30. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






32. Crimes committed by company






33. Legally exploits security to test systems






34. Crimes committed by company






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






36. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






37. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






41. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






43. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






45. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






49. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






50. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes