An effective programme is tailored to actual risk, gives employees clear red lines, monitors high-risk conduct and creates escalation evidence.
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An effective programme is tailored to actual risk, gives employees clear red lines, monitors high-risk conduct and creates escalation evidence.
Source review date: 4 July 2026. Read with the official text and the facts of the transaction.
Legal anchors
- Competition Act, 2002
- CCI advocacy materials
How to analyse it
- Risk-rank competitor, distributor, procurement and M&A activity.
- Adopt communication and meeting protocols.
- Use approvals for high-risk clauses.
- Audit tenders, discounts and trade-association contacts.
Practical illustration
Sales teams attending an industry association need specific guidance on agendas, departures and documentation—not only an annual e-learning module.
What can go wrong?
- Generic training only
- No monitoring
- No consequence management
Evidence pack
- Policy
- Training records
- Contract-review log
- Audit reports
Decision workflow
- Freeze the facts and effective date.
- Identify the controlling Act, rule, notification, circular and jurisdictional overlay.
- Prepare a calculation or exposure note.
- Collect the evidence pack before filing, payment, signing or response.
- Record reviewer conclusion and assumptions.
Quick Q&A
Is the result automatic?
No. Risk-rank competitor, distributor, procurement and M&A activity.
What is the most important control?
Audit tenders, discounts and trade-association contacts.
What should be escalated?
Generic training only, especially where money, deadlines, enforcement, personal liability or irreversible transaction steps are involved.
Official source trail
Secondary commentary may help interpretation, but it is not the source of law.