Which of the Following Statements About Deviance Against the Government

question 87

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about deviance against the government is FALSE?

• A)The Internal Revenue Service is reluctant to investigate corporations for illegal evasion of taxes.
• B)The veneer of corporate respectability often discourages suspicion of criminality.
• C)Most corporations are honest and only rarely commit this type of white-collar deviance.
• D)Corporations bribe politicians and government officials to influence legislation.

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Definitions:

Short-run Position

A period in economics where at least one input is fixed, making it a timeframe where not all production conditions can be changed.

Profit-maximizing

A strategy or point where a firm achieves the highest possible profit, given its costs and market demand.

Pure Monopolist

A single seller in a market who has the power to control market prices and output without any competition.

Unregulated Monopoly

A market structure where a single seller controls the entire market for a product or service, with no governmental restrictions in place.