Strictness, transparency and responsibility in both internal and external relations are the principles that inspire Enel’s organization in accordance with the requirements of legislative decree n. 231 of June 8, 2001, which was adopted by Enel, in Italy the first company to do so.
The Decree introduced into the Italian legal system a regime of administrative – in fact criminal – liability with respect to companies for several kinds of offenses committed by their directors, executives, or employees in the interest and for the benefit of said companies.
This programme – which over the years has been revised in order to take into account the applicative experience acquired, court decisions and new regulations – is consistent with the guidelines on the subject established by industry associations and best practice in the United States.
All Italian subsidiaries adopt the Organization Programme 231/01. Furthermore, on May 12, 2010, the Enel SpA Board of Directors approved Guidelines 231 for foreign subsidiaries.
The programme consists in a “general part” , which describes, among other things, the contents of legislative decree n. 231/2001, the objectives of the programme and how it works, the duties of the Internal Control Committee responsible for supervising the functioning and observance of the programme and the penalty regime.
The subsequent “special parts” concern the different kinds of offenses provided for by legislative decree n. 231/2001.
The task of supervising how the programme works and the compliance to it, as well as its updating, has been entrusted by a collegial control body established by Enel, whose members are not directly involved in operating activities and have specific professional expertise regarding the application of the programme.
last update 19/07/2011
