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Jarod BonaBusiness Compliance Expert
Practicing Fair Competition Under the Law
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Two colleagues talk over supply chain issues and discuss competitive advantages to get around it.Course Description
This course provides employees and managers with an overview of competition law principles, explains common mistakes and shows how even the appearance of anti-competitive conduct can lead to problems. We introduce the course with a video on introduction to competition laws and why they matter. Employees and managers will dive into topics such as price fixing, reseller agreements, and trade associations.Interactive polling questions in the course give employers real insight into how employees feel about the concepts and culture skills presented. Emtrain’s innovative Ask the Expert feature gives employees direct access to course experts.Key Concepts
- Provides employees and managers with an overview of competition law principles and explains common mistakes.
- Gives employees and managers the kind of useful guidance and instruction that they can absorb and apply in their day to day work and interactions with competitors.
- Provides employees and managers the guidance on and access to your competition rules and your policies.
- Identify which actions with competitors, distributors, trade customers, and other businesses are regulated by antitrust laws.
- See examples of business situations that frequently trigger regulatory scrutiny.
- Learn strategies to ensure your actions, and those of your co-workers, are clear and don't appear anti-competitive.
Course Features
- Access to our Anonymous Ask the Expert tool
- Rich video scenarios based on real-world events
- Built-in employee sentiment surveys
- 50+ Machine Translation Options
- Optional program timer
- Policy acknowledgement tool
- Extensive customization options
Lessons
Winning Through Fair Competition
Horizontal Anti-Competitive Actions
Trade Associations, Standards Organizations, and Other Contacts
Competition for Labor
Direct To Consumer Competition
Vertical Competition
Tone and Abuse of Market Position
Fair Competition Policies and Guides
Provide Your Feedback
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From ‘Ask the Expert’
Emtrain’s Ask the Expert feature enables users to ask questions about compliance, bias, harassment, and diversity & inclusion as they come up. It’s all confidential, and answers are sent straight to their inbox. Search the questions below and see the Experts answers.
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What does antitrust law regulate in business practices?
Thanks for asking. Antitrust law regulates how companies compete. It prohibits unfair practices like price fixing, market allocation, bid rigging, or monopolistic behavior that harm competition and consumers.
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What does “horizontal competition restriction” mean?
Good question. This usually refers to agreements between competitors at the same level — like two companies that sell the same product — agreeing not to compete in certain areas or on price. That kind of restriction is considered anti-competitive and is illegal.
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Is sharing salary or benefit information with competitors considered an antitrust risk?
Yes, it can be. If companies share salary data to coordinate or cap pay, that’s an antitrust issue. It can be seen as collusion to limit competition for talent. Salary benchmarking should always be done legally through independent third parties.
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Are non-compete agreements still legally binding?
Non-compete rules are changing. In some places they’re still enforceable, but in others — especially for lower-wage workers — they’re being restricted or banned. Whether they’re binding depends on the jurisdiction and the role.
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How should I handle competitor interactions at trade shows or conferences?
Keep conversations professional and general. Avoid discussing pricing, customer lists, or business strategies. If a competitor brings up sensitive topics, politely change the subject or walk away. That protects both you and the company.
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