Sinais de efetividade em programas de integridade: integração organizacional e avaliação externa em companhias listadas na B3

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Felipe Almeida de Mello
https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2982-7243
Armindo dos Santos de Sousa Teodósio
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7835-5851
Rodolfo Viana Pereira
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7440-744X

Resumo

Apesar da difusão de programas de integridade e do aumento do disclosure associado a esses instrumentos, persistem limitações significativas na capacidade de avaliá-los externamente de forma substantiva. Este artigo analisa como sinais de efetividade de programas de integridade podem ser identificados a partir de evidências documentais públicas acessíveis a observadores externos. Com base em uma análise temática comparativa de documentos públicos de dez companhias brasileiras listadas na B3, o estudo contrasta organizações associadas a falhas substantivas de integridade com aquelas que apresentam níveis elevados de percepção interna de integridade organizacional. Os resultados indicam elevada homogeneidade na adoção formal dos principais componentes dos programas, mesmo entre organizações associadas a trajetórias éticas contrastantes, o que limita o poder discriminatório de avaliações externas baseadas exclusivamente em estruturas formais convencionais. Em resposta a esse limite, o artigo propõe a distinção analítica entre elementos formais de adoção e elementos formais de integração organizacional, entendidos como arranjos observáveis que conectam programas de integridade às estruturas centrais de governança, supervisão e incentivos. Empiricamente, esses elementos manifestam-se na função de integridade, nos sistemas de incentivos e responsabilização, na auditoria, nas investigações e na supervisão independente. Ao propor a integração organizacional como mecanismo explicativo situado entre a adoção formal dos programas e os desfechos comportamentais associados à sua efetividade, o estudo contribui para a literatura em ética organizacional e compliance ao explicitar tanto o potencial quanto os limites das inferências baseadas em evidências públicas, oferecendo uma abordagem mais informativa para a avaliação externa da integridade organizacional.

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Mello, F. A. de, Teodósio, A. dos S. de S., & Pereira, R. V. (2026). Sinais de efetividade em programas de integridade: integração organizacional e avaliação externa em companhias listadas na B3. Cadernos EBAPE.BR, 24, e2026–0040. https://doi.org/10.1590/1679-395120260040
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