CISA & FPI SA
2 CPD points
7 modules
NOTE
This course can be customised to align with your organisation’s competition law policy, approval processes, escalation channels and industry-specific risks.
We also offer industry variations of this competition law course.
For more general awareness, the shorter one-hour Competition Law in a Nutshell course may be more proportionate.
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Recognise competition law risk early
This comprehensive competition law awareness training forms part of an organisation’s wider competition law compliance programme.
Non‑compliance with competition legislation can carry serious consequences: fines, reputational damage and, in some jurisdictions, the possibility of jail time.
A competition law compliance programme should be part of corporate risk management; every organisation that competes in a market, big or small, should have one.
The course helps employees understand how everyday commercial decisions and conversations can create competition law exposure, and what your organisation expects them to do instead.
It focuses on practical judgement: which topics to avoid, when to pause, who to contact, and how to follow your internal competition compliance procedures before a small interaction becomes a larger legal problem.
The course
Understand the risky moments
On completion of this course, trainees will be familiar with:
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What competition law is, who enforces it and the consequences of non‑compliance.
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The topics to avoid discussing with competitors and in industry association settings.
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The procedures to follow when interacting with competitors, distributors and resellers.
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The risks associated with information‑sharing, distribution and supply agreements, and how to deal with them.
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The concepts of market power and dominance, and the rules that apply to dominant firms.
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Guidelines on appropriate price‑setting practices and competition‑sensitive communications.
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How competition law expectations connect to your internal policies, approvals and escalation channels.
More depth
The more commercial exposure a role has, the more competition law judgement matters.
Comprehensive version
How this course fits your competition compliance programme
This comprehensive course sits at the heart of a broader competition law compliance programme. It is designed for employees whose day‑to‑day work creates more opportunity for competition law risk – in pricing, tenders, supply and distribution, market strategy, industry forums and competitor‑facing environments.
The shorter one‑hour Competition Law in a Nutshell course gives essential rules. This comprehensive version adds deeper, industry‑specific examples, more detailed coverage of risky scenarios, and clearer links to your organisation’s competition law policy, approvals, escalation channels and inspection response procedures.
Ask about competition law training for your industry, including available industry-specific variations.
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What is competition law training?
Competition law training helps employees understand how to compete lawfully without crossing into collusion, bid rigging, price fixing, market division, abuse of dominance or other anti-competitive conduct. It supports employee awareness as one part of the organisation’s wider competition compliance approach.
Who should do competition law training?
Competition law training is relevant to employees whose work involves competitors, customers, suppliers, distributors, resellers, tenders, pricing, procurement, sales, market strategy, industry forums or commercially sensitive information. These are the roles where routine business activity can create competition law exposure if employees do not recognise the risk.
How is this different from Competition Law in a Nutshell?
Competition Law in a Nutshell is a shorter one-hour course covering the essential rules. This comprehensive version is 120 minutes and gives broader coverage of competitor interactions, distribution and supply arrangements, market power, dominance, pricing conduct, customer and supplier fairness, and evidence risk.
What does the course cover?
The course covers competition law principles at an employee-awareness level. It explains competitor discussions, sensitive business information, collusion, bid rigging, industry association risk, distribution and supply arrangements, market dominance, abuse of dominance, pricing conduct, buyer power, and when employees should check or escalate.
Does competition law training prevent anti-competitive conduct?
No training can guarantee lawful conduct or prevent misconduct on its own. Competition law training supports awareness by helping employees recognise risky situations and understand internal rules. It should sit alongside policies, controls, supervision, reporting channels, legal guidance and management responsibility.
Why is employee awareness important in competition law?
Competition law risk often appears in ordinary commercial activity before anyone sees it as a legal issue. Employees may speak to competitors, handle pricing information, attend industry meetings, work on tenders, negotiate with suppliers or create documents that later become evidence. Awareness helps them recognise when to stop, check, escalate or follow internal rules.
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