“…Accordingly, the aim of CG is to protect shareholders' rights through new rules and regulations and to allow the interested parts (shareholders) to follow up and assess business decisions and shareholders' rights (Monks & Minow, 2004), since CG practices determine the way managers must act on the best interest of the involved parts, mainly of shareholders (Leal & Saito, 2003), fact that, consequently, gives them value (Staub, Martins, & Rodrigues, 2008). Therefore, CG minimizes conflicts of interest between shareholders and the agent through its internal mechanisms, and, consequently, improves company performance (Ahmed & Hamdan, 2015;Caixe & Krauter, 2014;Fama & Jensen, 1983;Klapper & Love, 2002;Melo, Batista, Macedo, & Costa, 2013;Sheifer & Vishny, 1997;Rossoni & Machado-Da-Silva, 2013;Silva, Nardi, & Pimenta Júnior, 2012;Silveira, Barros, & Famá, 2008;Vieira & Mendes, 2006). Accordingly, empirical studies have been carried out to test the theoretical proposition that GC influences BP.…”