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






2. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






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






6. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






8. Time between check issuance and presentation






9. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






12. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






15. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






19. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






22. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






24. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






26. Adding or removing a substance






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






28. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






29. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






32. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






33. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






35. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






37. Crimes committed by company






38. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






40. 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






41. Monitors and regulates security transactions






42. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






44. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






45. Federal agency that protects the environment






46. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






47. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






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