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






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






3. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






5. 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






6. Time between check issuance and presentation






7. Federal agency that protects the environment






8. Crimes committed by company






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






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






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






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






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






14. Jurisdictions over false advertising






15. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






16. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






19. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






22. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






25. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






26. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






28. Adding or removing a substance






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






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






31. Crimes committed by company






32. Adding or removing a substance






33. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






35. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






36. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






38. Monitors and regulates security transactions






39. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






40. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






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






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






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






46. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






47. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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