Práticas de governança corporativa, aderência ao guia de boas práticas do IBGC para cooperativas: estudo de caso BANRICOOP

Abstract

The theme corporative governance has gained dimension among cooperative societies due to the relevance of the positive impacts expected from a group of practices and behaviors applicable to the agents involved in such kind of organization. Within the context of the credit unions, in which the financial sector competitiveness is high and the attendance to the members interests shall be equilibrated through an auto management regime, the study of such matter becomes even more pertinent. In this scenario the present research was developed, motivated to assess the adherence of Banricoop corporative governance practices in face of the recommendations of IBGC Cooperatives Guide of Governance Best Practices (2014), signaling afterwards, for actions for its improvement. The governance instances analyzed were restricted to property, administration council, management, and, practices and interest conflict. The dissertation strategy, of a qualitative design, used a case study as it is proper to comprehend deeply the sole environment of the unity of study chosen for the research. The data were collected from documents and semi-structured interviews performance with the high administration board of the Cooperative, and they are analyzed qualitatively. It was determined in each of the analyzed instances, that several practices of the studied unity are aligned with the theoretical references used, however, the critical disagreement point lies in the constitution of governance structure and management, in which there is no segregation, generating non-conformities regarding the recommended practices related within the previously mentioned document. This situation resulted in a recommendation of improvements in Banricoop corporative governance structure, proposing a division between the administration council and the executive board of directors, with a consequent distinction of the management strategic roles.