Exam 1: IV pt. 2

Question 1

What is the context of Organizational/Corporate Crime?

Answer 1

Context: A corporation

Question 2

Who are the primary victims of Organizational/Corporate Crime?

Answer 2

Public/Taxpayers, Consumers, Employees

Question 3

What are the two types of harm caused by Organizational/Corporate Crime?

Answer 3

1) Physical (Corporate Violence)

2) Economic

Question 4

What are the consequences of Unsafe Environmental Practices?

Answer 4

1) Imm. Physical Injury
2) Future injury
3) Emotional
4) Disruption in activities
5) Remediation costs
6) Property damage
7) Ecological damage

Question 5

It’s hard pursue violations of organizational/corporate crime as criminal cases because?

Answer 5

1) Intent

2) Victims are not aware of who caused

Question 6

What are the 3 main types of unsafe products?

Answer 6

1) Food products
2) Pharmaceutical products/Medical devices
3) Transportation Products and Services

Question 7

____-_______ _________ and _________ are the biggest

cause of disability and premature death in the U.S.

Answer 7

Work-related accidents

diseases

Question 8

True or False: work-related accidents and diseases are rarely subject to penalties

Answer 8

True

Question 9

What are some examples of unsafe working conditions?

Answer 9

¤ Mining Industry
¤ Construction work – e.g., exposure to asbestos
¤ Manufacturing accidents

Question 10

What happened during the film recovery systems?

Answer 10

Cyanide was used on film recovery.
Lack of ventilation in workplace and received cloth gloves, which employees complained about.

Stefan died by inhaling it.

Question 11

What was the punishment for the recovery systems?

Answer 11

• Each sentenced 25 years

- Overturned on technical grounds

Question 12

What are the 6 types of economic consequences of corporate crimes?

Answer 12

1) Defrauding the government and corporate tax evasion
2) Price-fixing, price gouging, false advertising,
misrepresentation of products
3) Economic exploitation, corporate theft, unfair labor
practices, and surveillance of employees
4) Discount and Chargeback Fraud
5) Monopolistic practices and theft of trade
6) Managerial accounting fraud, self-dealing, and
strategic bankruptcy

Question 13

Who are the victims of Defrauding the govt./Corporate tax evasion?

Answer 13

Taxpayers give $ to the government, who in turn are

supposed to provide social services…

Question 14

What are the 3 types of Defrauding the govt./Corporate tax evasion?

Answer 14

1) Contract Fraud
2) Health Care Provider Fraud
3) Corporate Tax Evasion

Question 15

What is the difference between Contract Fraud

and Health Care Provider Fraud?

Answer 15

Contract Fraud- overcharge for goods or services provided

Health Care Provider Fraud- fraud-services rendered, kickbacks for referrals, inflating bills

Question 16

What is the difference between Contract Fraud

and Corporate Tax Evasion?

Answer 16

Contract Fraud- overcharge for goods or services provided

Corporate Tax Evasion- padding tax figures, fraudulent claims, offshore

Question 17

What is the difference between Corporate Tax Evasion

and Health Care Provider Fraud?

Answer 17

Corporate Tax Evasion- padding tax figures, fraudulent claims, offshore
Health Care Provider Fraud- fraud-services rendered, kickbacks for referrals, inflating bills

Question 18

What is the difference between price fixing and price gouging?

Answer 18

Price fixing: when competitors collaborate to raise
prices

Price gouging: when corporations overcharge
customers

Question 19

What is the difference between false advertising/misrepresentation and consumer fraud?

Answer 19

False advertising/misrepresentation: when you say a
product is capable of something it is not

Consumer Fraud: the use of deceit, lies, or
misrepresentations to entice consumers

Question 20

____________ are deductions that the larger corporation

takes from suppliers, claiming that the goods were defective or unwanted

Answer 20

Chargebacks

Question 21

_________ _____: Franchises are promised discounts for
purchases from the larger corporation but never receive
them

Answer 21

Discount fraud

Question 22

How do corporations try to get monopolies?

Answer 22

• Reducing competitors’ sales

- Increasing competitors’ costs

Question 23

________ ____ ______ to make it look like the company is making more of a profit than it does

Answer 23

Cooking the books

Question 24

Corporations may try to evade payment of debts/
obligations by declaring __________ (often have money
hidden somewhere)

Answer 24

bankruptcy

Question 25

What are the different types of WCC?

Answer 25

¤ Corporate Crime
¤ Financial Crime
¤ Occupational Crime

Question 26

__________ _______ - the unauthorized taking, control, or transfer of money/property of the formal work organization by an employee during the course of occupational activity

Answer 26

Employee crime

Question 27

True or False: Financial crimes are also corporate crimes

Answer 27

False

Question 28

_________ _______-Large-scale illegality that occurs in the world of finance/financial institutions

Answer 28

Financial crimes

Question 29

___________ ______- Any act punishable by law that is
committed through opportunity created in the course of
an occupation that is legal.

Answer 29

Occupational Crime

Question 30

What are the 2 basic types of Occupational Crime:

Small business crime?

Answer 30

1) Retail Crime

2) Principal form of harm

Question 31

What are the 4 types of professional crime?

Answer 31

1) Medical crime
2) Legal crime
3) Academic crime
4) Religious crime

Question 32

Medical crime looks like?

Answer 32

¤ Medicare/Medicaid fraud
¤ Overutilization
¤ Conflicts of interest

Question 33

Religious leaders use their positions to commit crime:
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Answer 33

¤ Cover-ups in the Catholic Church
¤ Embezzlement happens a lot!
¤ Fraud
¤ Sexual assault of minors