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






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






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






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






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






6. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






7. Adding or removing a substance






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






9. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






11. Time between check issuance and presentation






12. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






14. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






15. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






17. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






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






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






22. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






23. Crimes committed by company






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






25. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






26. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






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






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






31. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






35. Jurisdictions over false advertising






36. Largest ponzi scheme in history






37. 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






38. Crimes committed by company






39. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






40. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






43. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






45. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






49. 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






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