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






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






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






4. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






6. 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






7. Federal agency that protects the environment






8. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






9. Adding or removing a substance






10. Jurisdictions over false advertising






11. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






12. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






14. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






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






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






20. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






22. Federal agency that protects the environment






23. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






24. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






26. Largest ponzi scheme in history






27. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






29. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






32. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






33. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






35. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






36. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






39. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






41. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






42. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






43. Jurisdictions over false advertising






44. 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






45. Crimes committed by company






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






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






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






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






50. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities