Certifying Organizations
Course Description
Fair competition benefits consumers and organizations alike. Antitrust laws around the world are in the place to help ensure there is a fair, competitive market. This includes preventing monopolies from taking over. This course will teach you to identify the anti-competition behaviors organizations may partake in. You will also learn how some common business events may violate antitrust laws, including joint ventures and gathering competitive intelligence.
With this course, you will know what antitrust laws are and how they apply to corporations. You will learn which red flags to look for in other organizations that may be engaging in anticompetitive behaviors. This course will further demonstrate various illegal anticompetition behaviors such as price fixing and market allocation.
Learning Objectives
- Knowing how to use competitive intelligence ethically
- Learn about the different illegal anticompetition behaviors
- Learn what determines a joint venture as anticompetitive
- Know the benefits of competition
Skills You Will Learn
- Antitrust Law
- Competition Law
- Competitive Analysis
- Fair Competition
- Unfair Competition
- Case Competition
What You'll Learn
- Identify the anti-competition behaviors organizations may partake in
- Recognize antitrust red flags that signal other organizations may be engaging in anticompetitive behaviors
- Distinguish illegal anticompetition practices such as price fixing, bid rigging, group boycott, market allocation, business cartels, and tying deals
- Determine what makes a merger or joint venture anticompetitive
- Use competitive intelligence ethically when gathering information
- Explain the benefits of fair competition for consumers and organizations
Key Takeaways
- Antitrust laws exist around the world to help ensure a fair, competitive market and to prevent monopolies from taking over.
- Fair competition benefits consumers and organizations alike.
- Common business events such as joint ventures and gathering competitive intelligence can violate antitrust laws.
- Illegal anticompetition behaviors include price fixing and market allocation.
- Competitive intelligence should be gathered and used ethically, with attention to confidential information.
Frequently Asked Questions
What will I learn in the Antitrust Series course?
You will learn what antitrust laws are and how they apply to corporations, how to identify anti-competition behaviors, which red flags to look for in other organizations, and various illegal anticompetition behaviors such as price fixing and market allocation.
What topics does this course cover?
The course covers what antitrust is, the benefits of competition, monopolies, mergers and joint ventures, antitrust red flags, price fixing, bid rigging, group boycott, market allocation, business cartels, tying deals, gathering competitive intelligence, and confidential information.
Does this course address joint ventures and competitive intelligence?
Yes. The course teaches how some common business events such as joint ventures and gathering competitive intelligence may violate antitrust laws, including what determines a joint venture as anticompetitive and how to use competitive intelligence ethically.
What skills does this course help build?
The course supports skills in antitrust law, competition law, competitive analysis, fair competition, unfair competition, and case competition.
Are there knowledge checks in this course?
Yes. The course includes multiple Test Your Knowledge lessons along with an Introduction and a Conclusion.
Professional Certifications and Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Professional Development Credits (PDCs): 0.75
KnowledgeCity is approved by SHRM as a Recertification General Provider to offer SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP professional development credits (PDCs). By taking the courses approved by SHRM, KnowledgeCity can award SHRM Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for HR knowledge and competency programs related to the SHRM Body of Applied Skills and Knowledge™ (the SHRM BASK™).
