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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. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






3. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






4. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






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






8. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






10. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






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






15. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






16. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






17. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






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






21. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






25. Legally exploits security to test systems






26. Legally exploits security to test systems






27. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






29. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






30. 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






31. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






32. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






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






36. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Crimes committed by company






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






45. 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






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






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






48. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






49. Crimes committed by company






50. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses