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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. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






4. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






7. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






8. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






9. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






10. Federal agency that protects the environment






11. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






13. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






15. Legally exploits security to test systems






16. Time between check issuance and presentation






17. 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






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






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






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






21. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






24. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






25. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






26. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






28. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






29. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






30. Adding or removing a substance






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






32. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






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






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






38. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






39. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






41. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






43. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






46. Monitors and regulates security transactions






47. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






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