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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. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






2. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






4. Monitors and regulates security transactions






5. 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






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






7. Adding or removing a substance






8. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






9. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






11. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






12. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






16. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






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






20. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






22. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






23. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






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






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






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






29. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






31. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






32. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






34. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






36. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






37. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






39. Adding or removing a substance






40. Monitors and regulates security transactions






41. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






43. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






46. Crimes committed by company






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






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






49. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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