Compreendendo o State-corporate crime: Violações aos Direitos Humanos durante a pandemia de covid-19 em Minas Gerais

Abstract

The adoption of emergency measures to contain the spread of the covid-19 virus boosted the emergence of allegations of corruption in the processes of contracting health supplies. In the state of Minas Gerais, the Legislative Assembly created a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) to investigate irregularities linked to the vaccination campaign against covid-19 and the management of resources destined to face the pandemic. At the municipal level, the Municipality of Uberlândia established the CPI of Health, with the aim of investigating the contracts carried out by the Municipality of Uberlândia and social health institutions. Both complaints investigated by the CPIs exposed the involvement of organizations with the State in a phenomenon called state-corporate crime, which is characterized by the relationship between the State and corporations to benefit an organization, generating harmful consequences for society. The objective that guides this research is to analyze the accusations of corruption in the case of the CPIs analyzed, in Minas Gerais, seeking to contribute to the understanding of statecorporate crime. As a methodological procedure, a documentary research was carried out, with the analysis of documents related to the CPI cases, such as the final report, meeting minutes and shorthand notes, which were submitted to the content analysis technique. As a result, the analysis of the complaints contributes to the understanding of state-corporate crime based on the understanding that the actions taken by the State in partnership with corporations, such as delays in health care, lack of transparency in investments in the health sector and hiring consulting services unrelated to the core activity of social health organizations are characterized as criminal acts. In theory, the identification of the crime committed by the term is necessary for the creation of public policies to prevent the commission of new crimes. In this sense, the research contributes to the area of organizational studies, especially critical studies of administration, revealing the State as a facilitator of crimes. Furthermore, the research contributes by relating the discussion of state-corporate crime to human rights violations in the context of the covid-19 pandemic.