Combate à corrupção: avaliação dos impactos da lei nº 12846 no âmbito do Ministério da Transparência e Controladoria-Geral da União - CGU e suas reverberações em organizações privadas

Abstract

This research describes Brazilian anti-corruption law (Lei nº 12.846/2013) impacts on both the Office of the Comptroller General (Controladoria-Geral da União - CGU) and private organizations. The study aims at identifying structural and routine changes within the CGU and the movement of private organizations toward integrity programs the anti-corruption law prescribes. Documents analysis and interviews have been applied in order to understand the CGU changes and to clarify anti-corruption law implementation difficulties. In doing so, the research addresses anti-corruption law possible improvements. In regard to private organization adherence to integrity programs, it was chosen the CGU’s Pró-Ética that foments companies’ adoption of integrity best practices and confers an excellence stamp in exchange. The anti-corruption law has promoted changes within the CGU, however, these changes are not so effective due to lack of legal provision, problems in coordination between anti-corruption institutions, and corruption and political scandals (Car Wash anti-corruption operation and president Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment). This has shown that the law, solely, in despite of being an important tool for changes, has not the power to promote “a revolution” in the fighting against corruption. There are an increasing number of companies that are looking for implementing integrity programs, particularly the CGU’s Pró-Ética, but the existing figures are not sufficient to conclude about the anti-corruption law on the entire private sector.