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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. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






2. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






12. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






13. Legally exploits security to test systems






14. Adding or removing a substance






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






16. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






19. Adding or removing a substance






20. Monitors and regulates security transactions






21. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






23. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






25. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






26. Monitors and regulates security transactions






27. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






29. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






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






33. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






35. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






37. Federal agency that protects the environment






38. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






39. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






43. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






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






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






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






49. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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