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






2. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






3. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






5. Crimes committed by company






6. Monitors and regulates security transactions






7. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






9. Largest ponzi scheme in history






10. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






13. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






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






17. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






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






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






22. Federal agency that protects the environment






23. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






24. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






25. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






26. Adding or removing a substance






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






28. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






29. Legally exploits security to test systems






30. 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






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






32. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






34. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






35. Time between check issuance and presentation






36. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






39. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






40. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






41. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






43. Adding or removing a substance






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






45. Time between check issuance and presentation






46. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






47. 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






48. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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