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






2. Crimes committed by company






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






4. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






5. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






9. Adding or removing a substance






10. Crimes committed by company






11. Time between check issuance and presentation






12. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






15. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






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






19. Adding or removing a substance






20. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






21. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






23. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






24. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






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






28. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






30. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






31. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






35. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






37. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






38. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






40. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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