Question 1

Improper and fraudulent activities of retail businesses only cause economic loss.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Excess performance of surgery, or unnecessary operations, are wholly motivated
by economic rewards.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Most consumers have faith in fair trade and the legal system, and expect that
reporting their victimization will lead to effective action.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Higher level employees are best positioned to steal from a company on a large
scale.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The "structural contradiction" in the physician role is the:

Accepted Answer

A)  tension between the physician's concern with healing the patient and protecting her/his own health 
B)  conflict between professional autonomy and organizational dominance 
C)  conflict between the physician's obligations to the patient and role as a profit- seeking entrepreneur 
D)  the tension between the physician's role as a caretaker for his or her own family and as a caretaker for his or her clients 
A)  tension between the physician's concern with healing the patient and protecting her/his own health 
B)  conflict between professional autonomy and organizational dominance 
C)  conflict between the physician's obligations to the patient and role as a profit- seeking entrepreneur 
D)  the tension between the physician's role as a caretaker for his or her own family and as a caretaker for his or her clients

Question 6

Sabotage is best defined as an employee:

Accepted Answer

A)  spying on their employer 
B)  purposely destroying their employer's product, facilities, machinery, or records 
C)  spreading malicious rumors about their employer 
D)  violating their employment contract 
A)  spying on their employer 
B)  purposely destroying their employer's product, facilities, machinery, or records 
C)  spreading malicious rumors about their employer 
D)  violating their employment contract

Question 7

Criminal tax prosecutions are rare.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Adulteration of liquid products and "short-weighting" of meat products are
significant, but uncommon, forms of retail deception.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

It has been definitively established that academics are more ethical and honest
than other professionals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

According to the text, medical societies have historically done an excellent job of
policing the profession.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Physicians have typically been accorded significantly less trust and autonomy
than other professionals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

It is probably easiest to cheat on pricing if you are selling:

Accepted Answer

A)  vegetables 
B)  hygienic products 
C)  prescription drugs 
D)  non-alcoholic beverages 
A)  vegetables 
B)  hygienic products 
C)  prescription drugs 
D)  non-alcoholic beverages

Question 13

Some employee theft may be tolerated by the employer.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Historically, the American Medical Association has been quite indifferent to
preventive health care.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

According to Horning's study of employee crime, which type of property was most likely to be stolen?

Accepted Answer

A)  Personal property 
B)  Managerial property 
C)  Company property 
D)  Property of uncertain ownership 
A)  Personal property 
B)  Managerial property 
C)  Company property 
D)  Property of uncertain ownership

Question 16

Horning's study of employee crime suggested that employees who are willing to
steal will steal any form of work-based property.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Variations in the amount of surgery, according to a source cited in the text, seem to be a function of all but which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  The supply of surgeons 
B)  The availability of reimbursement for particular classes of surgical patients 
C)  The type of hospital 
D)  The objective needs of a patient population 
A)  The supply of surgeons 
B)  The availability of reimbursement for particular classes of surgical patients 
C)  The type of hospital 
D)  The objective needs of a patient population

Question 18

The deceptive retail practice which is likely to be regarded as most minor and commonplace is:

Accepted Answer

A)  misleading advertisements 
B)  substituting inferior brands for products sold with expensive brand labels, at higher prices 
C)  mislabeling lower-octane gas 
D)  concealing the fact that food is spoiled 
A)  misleading advertisements 
B)  substituting inferior brands for products sold with expensive brand labels, at higher prices 
C)  mislabeling lower-octane gas 
D)  concealing the fact that food is spoiled

Question 19

The annual dollar losses due to fraudulent or abusive medical billing have been estimated to be in the:

Accepted Answer

A)  tens of millions 
B)  billions 
C)  tens of billions 
D)  trillions 
A)  tens of millions 
B)  billions 
C)  tens of billions 
D)  trillions

Question 20

Identify the principal defining elements of the professions.Which characteristics of the professions promote illegal conduct, and which attributes should inhibit it? What do medical crime, legal crime, academic crime, and religious crime, as defined in this text, have in common, and how do they differ? Which profession's crimes disturb you most, and why? Is student white collar crime a relatively trivial problem, or a substantial one?

Accepted Answer

The principal defining elements of profe

Improper and fraudulent activities of retail businesses only cause economic loss.

Excess performance of surgery, or unnecessary operations, are wholly motivated by economic rewards.

Most consumers have faith in fair trade and the legal system, and expect that reporting their victimization will lead to effective action.

Higher level employees are best positioned to steal from a company on a large scale.

The "structural contradiction" in the physician role is the:

Sabotage is best defined as an employee:

Criminal tax prosecutions are rare.

Adulteration of liquid products and "short-weighting" of meat products are significant, but uncommon, forms of retail deception.

It has been definitively established that academics are more ethical and honest than other professionals.

According to the text, medical societies have historically done an excellent job of policing the profession.

Physicians have typically been accorded significantly less trust and autonomy than other professionals.

It is probably easiest to cheat on pricing if you are selling:

Some employee theft may be tolerated by the employer.

Historically, the American Medical Association has been quite indifferent to preventive health care.

According to Horning's study of employee crime, which type of property was most likely to be stolen?

Horning's study of employee crime suggested that employees who are willing to steal will steal any form of work-based property.

Variations in the amount of surgery, according to a source cited in the text, seem to be a function of all but which of the following?

The deceptive retail practice which is likely to be regarded as most minor and commonplace is:

The annual dollar losses due to fraudulent or abusive medical billing have been estimated to be in the:

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Improper and fraudulent activities of retail businesses only cause economic loss.

Excess performance of surgery, or unnecessary operations, are wholly motivated by economic rewards.

Most consumers have faith in fair trade and the legal system, and expect that reporting their victimization will lead to effective action.

Higher level employees are best positioned to steal from a company on a large scale.

The "structural contradiction" in the physician role is the:

Sabotage is best defined as an employee:

Criminal tax prosecutions are rare.

Adulteration of liquid products and "short-weighting" of meat products are significant, but uncommon, forms of retail deception.

It has been definitively established that academics are more ethical and honest than other professionals.

According to the text, medical societies have historically done an excellent job of policing the profession.

Physicians have typically been accorded significantly less trust and autonomy than other professionals.

It is probably easiest to cheat on pricing if you are selling:

Some employee theft may be tolerated by the employer.

Historically, the American Medical Association has been quite indifferent to preventive health care.

According to Horning's study of employee crime, which type of property was most likely to be stolen?

Horning's study of employee crime suggested that employees who are willing to steal will steal any form of work-based property.

Variations in the amount of surgery, according to a source cited in the text, seem to be a function of all but which of the following?

The deceptive retail practice which is likely to be regarded as most minor and commonplace is:

The annual dollar losses due to fraudulent or abusive medical billing have been estimated to be in the:

The Discovery of White Collar Crime

Studying White Collar Crime and Assessing Its Cost

Corporate Crime

Governmental Crime: State Crime and Political White Collar Crime

State-Corporate Crime, Crimes of Globalization, and Finance Crime

Enterprise Crime, Contrepreneurial Crime, and Technocrime

Explaining White Collar Crime: Theories and Accounts

Law and the Social Control of White Collar Crime

Policing and Regulating White Collar Crime

Prosecuting, Defending, and Adjudicating White Collar Crime

Responding to the Challenge of White Collar Crime

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