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






2. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






3. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






4. Crimes committed by company






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






6. Monitors and regulates security transactions






7. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






9. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






11. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






12. Adding or removing a substance






13. Time between check issuance and presentation






14. 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






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






16. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






19. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






23. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






24. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






25. Adding or removing a substance






26. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






28. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






32. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






35. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






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






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






49. Jurisdictions over false advertising






50. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses