Percepção dos gestores de um grupo de empresas distribuidoras de um fabricante de autopeças sobre controles internos e gestão de risco

Abstract

Information made public by the media about financial scandals, fraudulent administration and unsuitable financial options has been increasing the concern of shareholders or owners about the risks incurred by their organizations, the exposure rate of their assets and the measures to be taken to avoid unpleasant surprises. All this leads to an adequate risk management - the issue this dissertation seeks to identify: What is the perception of company managers of an auto part distribution net, on the existence and use of internal controls to identify and mitigate risks in the organization they work for? The specific objectives are: a) to identify the existence of a risk management culture; b) to check out, if internal controls are use in risk management); c) to verify, if internal audits are considered as a risk identification and mitigation factor; d) to verify the existence of risk management practices; e) to verify, if the accounting is used as a tool to identify and mitigate risks. The research discloses two hypotheses to solve the problem: one ratifies, that companies formed by the target population use to adopt internal controls and risk management practices in their business conduction; the other denies such assertion. The research was carried out in two stages, the first one a descriptive exploration by means of bibliographic research and the second, a field research with survey. The results obtained allow us to conclude, that the researched officers recognize the existence and use of internal controls to identify and mitigate the risk to which the companies they work for are exposed to. Notwithstanding, they also indicate that there are space and need of improvement with respect to the practices of internal controls and risk management adopted in the researched organizations.