This one-hour course is designed to fulfill the FBPE (Florida Board of Professional Engineers) board-approved ethics requirement for the biennial renewal period of 2023 to 2025. This course is a brief overview of the topic of antitrust and on types of anti-competitive business practices. Lists of ethical code principles which are violated by these practices are included.
Topics:
- What is Antitrust?
- Anti-competitive business practices
- Classes of anti-competitive agreements
- Bid rigging, Price fixing, Tying
- Exclusive dealing
- Deceptive marketing
- Tacit Collusion, Trade Libel, Product bundling
- Refusal to deal, Predatory pricing, Patent misuse
- Cartels, Monopolies and Oligopolies
- Barriers to Entry
- Economic Torts
- Health, safety, and welfare of the public
- Professional associations with others
- Fraudulent and misrepresentative statements
- Libelous actions
- Failing to adhere to a higher standard of professionalism
- Conflicts of interest
- Antitrust in public office
- Practicing engineering in a deceptive manner
- Misuse of confidential materials
- Failure to disclose
schedule1 hours on-demand content
signal_cellular_altBeginner level
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calendar_todayPublished At Apr 24, 2023
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