Competitive culture in the focus of substantive provisions of educational and professional standards

Abstract

The creation of a wide range of educational programs and activities for the formation of a competitive culture in the company allows to provide, along with control and Supervisory measures implemented within the framework of competition law, an effective competitive environment. The article deals with the theoretical provisions characterizing the role of competitive culture in the formation of the welfare of society, the author's content analysis of 8 educational standards and 300 educational competencies. Only three competencies were identified, including the word competition" in their content, and, accordingly, reflecting and implementing the values of competitive culture. A similar analysis is presented in the audit of the provisions of professional standards, reflecting the management and economic activity. The analysis of documents allowed to reveal the problem field in the content of labor functions of heads of commercial organizations, expressed in the absence of the request of professional market leaders to possess knowledge about the competitive culture and competitive policy for the implementation of their functions. A brief description of the main provisions of the professional standard «specialist in competition law», approved on 9 October 2018, is offered. A special section is devoted to the consideration of activities to prevent Antimonopoly risks in the implementation of antitrust compliance programs as a tool of competition advocacy and the formation of a Pro-competitive culture in the society.