A Confindustria Davigo trend for the renewal of managers

The complicated situation of companies, for the appointment of new presidents, is due to an extremely rigid application form

Times of renewal of presidents, in Confindustria, in the dozens of business associations that make it up. Very democratic procedure, anyone can run as long as they are up to date with the payment of registration fees and therefore seek the votes for the election. However. The form that the candidate of a vertical association must complete with a self-declaration comes to hand and it is inevitable not to say roll your eyes, but at least raise your eyebrow. Indeed, the type in question must first of all declare that he does not have a criminal record registered in the criminal record. Without distinction of the types of crime for which he was sentenced, for how long and with what severity. In short, condemned once condemned forever. Rehabilitation or having paid one’s debt is not foreseen. But to this is added a second condition. The candidate must not have “pending criminal proceedings”. So, in spite of the fact that guilt is proven only at the end of the three levels of judgment foreseen by our legal system, a guarantee notice is enough to put you out of action. In short, Davigo went to school and instead of the presumption of innocence we have the presumption of guilt. Many entrepreneurs know, having experienced it on their own skin, that the risk of the opening of legal proceedings, especially in certain geographical areas and in certain product sectors, must be taken into account as an inevitable business risk in this blessed country. With the equally inevitable media storms that follow. But either luckily or because the famous judge in Berlin often does his job well, most of the cases resolve in nothing. Except for the damages in the meantime produced on the reputation and performance of the companies.