Compliance criminal e comportamental na prevenção da corrupção

: o regime geral da prevenção da corrupção em Portugal

Abstract

The theme of this study addresses corruption in the context of legal entities. The crime of corruption brings to society a series of harms, so that joint efforts of the entities are required for its prevention. The present dissertation proposes as its main objective an analysis of compliance in its criminal and behavioral fields as instruments for the prevention of corruption, especially in the General Regime of Prevention of Corruption of 2021, in addition to analyzing the relevance of compliance programs in the criminal liability of legal entities. The approach adopted starts from the literature review on corruption, including laws, decrees and related documents on the theme in Portugal. The main results evidence that the consequences of this crime are nefarious, involving the decrease of the trust of citizens towards the State, in such a way as to weaken the legitimacy of the institutions. This scenario makes it clear that it is essential to focus on the prevention of this phenomenon. It is concluded that the alliance between the referred fields of compliance is fundamental for the prevention of unethical acts, which, as far as they are concerned, are materialized in the crime of corruption.

Date of Award	21 Jul 2023
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	José Damião da Cunha (Supervisor)