Which of the following is not considered a white collar crime: Embezzlement, Fraud, Arson, Counterfeiting
What is Arson.
100
Name two of the three types of costs that can come about from white-collar or corporate crime
What are financial, physical, and social costs.
(2/3 = correct)
100
Name one of the medical offenses listed in the reading
What is fee splitting, self referrals, prescription violations, unnecessary treatments, or sexual misconduct
100
In the 1990's it surfaced that tobacco companies had been deliberately spraying additional nicotine onto the tobacco that would eventually wound its way into cigarettes to ensure that smokers would continue to smoke. This is an example of crime against what group?
Who are consumers
100
For offenses involving entire firms or industries, the term ________ ________ is used
What is corporate crime
200
_______is the act of wrongfully appropriating funds that have been entrusted into your care but which are owned by someone else.
What is Embezzlement
200
The public generally agree that abusing power is a very serious offense. When white collar crimes violate a person's trust it creates disorganization in a community. This is an example of what type of cost?
What is social cost
200
_______occurs when one physician receives a payment from a surgeon or other specialist in exchange for patient referrals
What is Fee Splitting
200
Between 1988 and 1996 Numerous doctors were caught selling drugs to known addicts. This is an example of what type of Medical Offense
What is Prescription Violation
200
_____ is a type of crime that refers to the use of deception to acquire unlawful gain, whether in the form of money, power, or position.
What is Fraud
300
Name the three groups of people that can be targeted in white collar crimes
Who are employees, consumers, and owners
300
Consumers may often purchase unsafe products such as flammable children's clothing or impure food as a result of white collar crime. This is an example of what type of harm/ cost ?
What is Physical Harm
300
The term ________ _________ has been used to explain the shield that doctors have from scrutiny and legal accountability due to their social position.
What is the protective cloak
300
Hilshire Farm agreed to pay a fine regarding ad assertions made about its "lite" meats being low in fat when they were not. This is an example of a crime against consumers known as _____ ________
What is False Advertising (Misleading Advertising)
300
What law passed in 1895 prohibited economic monopolization
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act
400
The use of computers, fax machines, cell phones, and electronic surveillance to commit crime in corporations is known as what?
What is technocrime
400
Exxon ran up 2 billion dollars in illegal gasoline overcharges from 1974 to 1981. This is an example of what type of cost?
What is financial cost
400
In 1965, the introduction of _______ was perceived as a threat to doctors and medical professionals because it dictated the price of medical services
What is Medicaid
400
As stated in the text, one industry in which monopolization was a concern was ________. The companies had too much power and were a key contributor to the development of the U.S.
What is the railroad industry
400
Name one of the ways the text listed to control white collar and corporate crime?
What is Public Education, Increasing Ethical Behavior in the Workplace, Legislative Reforms, or the Use of Publicity
500
The ford pinto case represents crime that targets which group?
Who are consumers
500
A national telephone survey suggests strongly that the public regards certain types of white-collar crimes as ______ serious than certain types of street crime.
What is MORE serious
500
Sending patients to specialized medical facilities in which the physician has financial interest is known as _____ ________
What is self referral
500
The percent of physicians that split fees
What is 50-90%
500
From 1987 to 1996, 393 doctors were disciplined by state medical boards for sexual misconduct with patients. What percent of these doctors were not forced to even temporarily stop practicing.