Creating value by corporate anti-corruption models: an empirical analysis in the Italian scenario

This paper aims to identify the main issues and drivers of sustainable corporate governance to prevent corruption and increase the profitability of companies, through the drafting of corporate organizational models, highlighting exploratory evidence from the corporate sample. This document is based on two phases. First, the analysis is aimed at understanding any link between the adoption of an organisation, management and control model pursuant to Legislative Decree 8 June 2001, no. 231 and company performance. The survey was carried out with reference to a sample of companies operating in the construction sector. We have therefore tried to demonstrate whether the companies in possession of the so-called "231 model" present higher profitability than the same companies in the sector, which on the contrary have decided not to adopt this model. Secondly, the research method of content analysis is applied of the corporate organizational models that have adhered to the drafting of the documents on the sample of companies. It was investigated whether companies operating in the construction sector, which adopt an organizational model, have higher performances than companies which do not adopt an organizational model in line with the Italian legislative decree 231, and whether there is a correlation between the adoption of a "complete" organizational model in line with Italian Legislative Decree 231 and company performance. This paper proposes not only the analysis of sustainable compliance models of Italian companies to prevent corruption and profitability in their corporate governance, but shows the path for future research on the topic.