ABSTRACT

Corporate governance is a management system designed to curb the occurrence of fraudulent practices in any type of organization, with the aim of generating greater reliability for society before public and private organizations.

This article aims to present in a synthetic way, the concepts that underlie Corporate Governance and how it happens, in a succinct way, the functioning of this system in a health service, also seeking to demonstrate the relevance of this theme for the agendas of the health managers of public and private spheres.

To carry out this work, the main existing publication in Brazil on the subject was based, as well as articles published in notorious communication vehicles, mainly of an electronic nature, in addition to materials from large consultancies.

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Healthcare; Management; Sustainability; Compliance.