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. 

• 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