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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. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






2. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






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






6. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






9. Legally exploits security to test systems






10. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






13. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






15. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






16. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






18. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. 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






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






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






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






28. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






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






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






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






34. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






36. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






37. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






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






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






42. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






45. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






47. Largest ponzi scheme in history






48. Adding or removing a substance






49. Crimes committed by company






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