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






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. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






5. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






7. Largest ponzi scheme in history






8. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






10. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






27. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






28. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






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






32. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






33. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






34. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






35. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






37. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






39. Legally exploits security to test systems






40. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






42. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






44. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






45. Time between check issuance and presentation






46. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






47. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






48. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






49. Federal agency that protects the environment






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