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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. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






4. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






12. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






13. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






16. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






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






20. Largest ponzi scheme in history






21. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






23. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






26. Monitors and regulates security transactions






27. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






29. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






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






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






33. Legally exploits security to test systems






34. 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






35. Adding or removing a substance






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






37. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






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






40. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






43. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






44. Monitors and regulates security transactions






45. Crimes committed by company






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






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






48. 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






49. Legally exploits security to test systems






50. Time between check issuance and presentation