INTEGRITY PROGRAMS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO THE PROFESSIONAL SUPERVISORY COUNCILS

Abstract

This article aims to study the emergence of the anti-corruption theme in Brazil, as well as to present practical suggestions for the implementation of integrity programs within the scope of professional supervisory councils. The Anti-Corruption Law (Law 12,846/13), created in a context of political effervescence and social manifestations, promoted significant changes in the way society viewed corruption, causing companies to become concerned with the implementation of a compliance system that make it possible to adapt to the provisions of the new law, which started to typify conduct and provide for sanctions for legal entities that committed illegal acts against the Administration. Thus, integrity programs were strengthened to combat corrupt practices in the public and private sectors. Focusing on the public sector, there is also the need for such programs to be implemented within the scope of professional councils, in view of their relevance in maintaining ethics and transparency in the exercise of regulated professions, as well as in the face of almost absence of works dealing with this specific theme. The methodology adopted was bibliographical and exploratory (legislation and doctrine analysis), with a qualitative approach (study of the subjective aspects of social phenomena and human behavior) and of a basic nature, with production of new knowledge and advances in the studied area. Finally, it was concluded that the councils themselves should prepare their integrity programs based on existing legislation and manuals, aimed at the public sector, making the necessary adjustments due to their peculiarities.