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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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






3. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






7. Crimes committed by company






8. Federal agency that protects the environment






9. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






11. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






12. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






13. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






15. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






17. Jurisdictions over false advertising






18. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






21. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






25. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






29. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






32. Monitors and regulates security transactions






33. 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






34. Jurisdictions over false advertising






35. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






39. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






40. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






41. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






42. Adding or removing a substance






43. 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






44. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






46. Time between check issuance and presentation






47. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






49. Legally exploits security to test systems






50. Legally exploits security to test systems