Corporate Governance, Stakeholder Involvement, and Government Interventions as Corporate Prevention Strategies Against Organized Crime

Salvatore Cincimino (), Fabio Rosa () and Sergio Paternostro ()
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Salvatore Cincimino: University of Palermo
Fabio Rosa: University of Catania
Sergio Paternostro: Lumsa University

A chapter in Corporate Governance, Organizational Ethics, and Prevention Strategies Against Financial Crime, 2025, pp 407-423 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter addresses corporate strategies that prevent firm infiltration by organized crime (OC), particularly in industries and contexts where infiltration is more severe. These strategies primarily revolve around internal corporate governance issues and external stakeholder involvement. Regarding the first point, we examine a legal instrument called Legality Rating, a tool designed to ensure that business adhere to high standards of legality and ethical principles. Issued by the Italian Antitrust Authority, this rating system rewards the firms that are ethical, transparent, and operate within the law. Firms meeting these criteria receive economic and social benefits, serving as incentives for maintaining integrity in their operations. As for the external stakeholder involvement, we show how the activities of social movements and the formation of virtuous networks contribute to preventing criminal infiltration. These networks mobilize various stakeholders, including businesses, community members, and governmental agencies, to resist collectively OC influence and promote lawful behavior within the business environment. By fostering collaboration and solidarity among stakeholders, these initiatives strengthen the overall resilience of businesses against OC infiltration. The top-down and bottom-up strategies described above should be adopted in a complementary way and are also prompted by government interventions. The government plays a pivotal role in fighting OC and developing policies to prevent OC infiltration into the legal economy. It does so by regulating prevention measures such as judicial administration, seizure, and confiscation of firms confirmed to be infiltrated by OC. Additionally, the government implements deterrents to strengthen the effectiveness of seizure and confiscation procedures, while also promoting the valorization of properties and firms subject to prevention measures. The initiatives presented are all geared toward fostering social and cultural change ensuring the necessary legitimacy of anti-mafia policies.

Keywords: Corporate governance; Prevention strategies; Legality rating; Anti-mafia associations; Anti-mafia policies; Stakeholder involvement; Organized crime; Italy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-74523-2_19

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