CISA
1 CPD point
1 module
NOTE
This course is suited to broad employee awareness and regular refresher training. It can also be customised to align with your organisation’s competition law policy, approval processes, escalation channels and industry-specific risks. For higher-exposure roles or sector-specific needs, ask about Compliance Online’s comprehensive and industry-specific competition law courses.
overview
When ordinary work creates risk
This course gives employees practical competition law training for employees in South Africa so they can recognise anti-competitive behaviour in ordinary work.
Competition law risk does not always look dramatic. It can start with a normal commercial conversation, a pricing comment, a tender discussion, a supplier instruction, a customer negotiation, an industry meeting or a document that later becomes evidence.
This course gives employees a clear working map of the red lines so they know what not to discuss, what not to agree, and when to pause, check or escalate
The course
The rules employees need to recognise
The course introduces the competition law principles employees are most likely to encounter in day-to-day business.
It covers price fixing, market division, tender collusion, competitor interaction, minimum resale price maintenance, dominance, abusive pricing, exclusionary conduct and abuse of buyer power, with the focus on practical recognition rather than legal detail.
Core risk
The risk is ordinary business behaviour that competition law treats very seriously.
Why it matters
Commercial instinct is not always enough
Employees may think they are being helpful, efficient or commercially sensible when they share information, respond to a competitor, discuss a tender, comment on price, or follow a supplier instruction.
Competition law awareness matters because it helps employees spot the moments where normal business behaviour needs a different kind of caution.
Give employees clear competition law red lines for everyday work.
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Who should do this competition law course?
This course is useful for employees who need general competition law awareness, especially if their work involves competitors, customers, suppliers, distributors, resellers, pricing, sales, procurement, tenders, industry forums or commercially sensitive information. It is also useful as regular refresher training for broader employee groups.
Why is competition law awareness important for employees?
Competition law risk is often created through ordinary employee conduct: conversations, emails, meeting notes, WhatsApp messages, pricing comments, tender exchanges or supplier instructions. Employees need to recognise the red lines because the risky moment may happen long before legal or compliance teams are involved.
In South Africa, competition law training for employees helps ordinary staff avoid everyday conduct that can create serious compliance risk.
What makes competition law risk different from other compliance risks?
Competition law can treat ordinary commercial behaviour very differently from how employees may expect. A discussion, agreement, pricing instruction, tender interaction or exchange of information may create risk even when the employee thinks they are simply doing business. Awareness helps employees know when normal commercial instinct is not enough.
What does the course cover?
The course covers the essential rules employees need to recognise, including price fixing, market division, tender collusion, competitor interaction, minimum resale price maintenance, dominance, abusive pricing, exclusionary conduct and abuse of buyer power. The emphasis is practical recognition, not specialist legal analysis.
What problem does this competition law course solve?
This course helps employees recognise the competition law risk hidden inside ordinary commercial work. The risk is not always obvious. It can appear in a pricing comment, a competitor conversation, a tender exchange, a supplier instruction, a WhatsApp message, an industry meeting or a document that later becomes evidence. The course gives employees clear red lines before those moments arise.
Why choose a nutshell version of competition law training?
Not every employee needs a detailed competition law course, but many need enough awareness to recognise the obvious danger points. This nutshell version gives employees a clear, proportionate introduction to the main red lines without turning regular compliance training into unnecessary legal detail. It is suited to broad awareness, refresher training and employees who need practical recognition rather than specialist analysis.
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