O atual momento da globalizacao pode ser caracterizado pela integracao de mercados e economias, cujas operacoes complexas e o grande volume de informacoes demandam regras e procedimentos proprios e especializados. Com fraudes bilionarias e crises que se espalham sem reconhecer fronteiras, o direito penal expande-se e passa a ser considerado como uma forma de evitar a repeticao destes erros. Cresce, assim, a demanda por uma flexibilizacao dos ordenamentos nacionais e um agir conjunto de Estados e empresas. O alinhamento destas condutas resulta em medidas preventivas estabelecidas por diferentes marcos regulatorios, que estabelecem a importancia de avaliacoes de riscos, medidas de governanca corporativa e programas de compliance na implementacao de uma nova cultura de etica e transparencia nos negocios. / The present time of globalization can be described by a market and economic integration, which is made up by complex operations and a large amount of information that demand specific and specialized rules and procedures. Considering billionaire frauds and crisis spread worldwide, the criminal law expands and is regarded as the way to avoid repetition of this kind of error. As a result, grows the demand for a flexibilization of national legal orders and for a joint action between States and companies. The alignment of conducts results in preventive measures provided by different regulatory landmarks that determine the importance of risk management, corporate governance and compliance in the implementation of a new culture of ethics and transparency in business.

This paper seeks to tackle the current confusion about the constituent dimensions of IT Governance (ITG) and inconsistent operationalisation approaches inhibiting advances in research and organisational ITG practice. Through a structured literature review of ranked high-quality publications augmented by a meta-case study with five underlying projects, we find nine distinct dimensions of ITG. The input-oriented dimensions Compliance Management, IT Investment Management and ITG Improvement have received little attention in earlier conceptualisations, while the more output-oriented dimensions Business/IT Alignment and Business Value Delivery have featured more often in related studies. Scope and application of ITG may depend on the organisational context and the intentional use, such as regulatory or strategic. Depending on the context, more research seems to be warranted to develop context-dependent measurement constructs of ITG that can be compared over studies. (author's abstract)

O atual momento da globalizacao pode ser caracterizado pela integracao de mercados e economias, cujas operacoes complexas e o grande volume de informacoes demandam regras e procedimentos proprios e especializados. Com fraudes bilionarias e crises que se espalham sem reconhecer fronteiras, o direito penal expande-se e passa a ser considerado como uma forma de evitar a repeticao destes erros. Cresce, assim, a demanda por uma flexibilizacao dos ordenamentos nacionais e um agir conjunto de Estados e empresas. O alinhamento destas condutas resulta em medidas preventivas estabelecidas por diferentes marcos regulatorios, que estabelecem a importancia de avaliacoes de riscos, medidas de governanca corporativa e programas de compliance na implementacao de uma nova cultura de etica e transparencia nos negocios. / The present time of globalization can be described by a market and economic integration, which is made up by complex operations and a large amount of information that demand specific and specialized rules and procedures. Considering billionaire frauds and crisis spread worldwide, the criminal law expands and is regarded as the way to avoid repetition of this kind of error. As a result, grows the demand for a flexibilization of national legal orders and for a joint action between States and companies. The alignment of conducts results in preventive measures provided by different regulatory landmarks that determine the importance of risk management, corporate governance and compliance in the implementation of a new culture of ethics and transparency in business.