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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. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






4. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






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






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






9. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






11. Legally exploits security to test systems






12. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






14. Jurisdictions over false advertising






15. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






16. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






19. Adding or removing a substance






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






21. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






22. Time between check issuance and presentation






23. Largest ponzi scheme in history






24. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






27. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






28. 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






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






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






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






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






33. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






35. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






36. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






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






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






41. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






45. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






48. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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