A former executive – a whistleblower who was dismissed after
following the Code of Ethics of the company, reporting a millionaire scheme of
internal fraud and corruption at the Brazilian subsidiary of the Italian giant
Eni – demands answers from the members of the Board of Eni during the
Shareholders Assembley 2016, which is taking place on May 12th.
1. What is Eni’s Code of Ethics for? The words
and spirit of this instrument are for real or just to meet the requirements of
the market and investors? What are the obligations of Eni’s Ethics Committee
existing in all its subsidiaries around the world?
2. Why the internal channels of Eni’s
Brazilian subsidiary, after receiving a complaint of a millionaire scheme of
fraud and corruption, didn’t investigate it as it should and, moreover,
punished with resignation, a committed, dedicated and brilliant executive who
did exactly what Eni’s Code of Ethics demands of any company employee, in any
country Eni operates?
3. What Eni’s Brazilian subsidiary tried to
hide by dismissing this “whistleblower”? How far would reach the ramifications
of the scheme of fraud and corruption that this “whistleblower” identified and
helped – through the information contained in all your correspondence – Eni to
annihilate?
4. Why the management of the CEO Vittorio
Mincato neither listened nor answered and, much less, investigated the facts
narrated by this “whistleblower”? Why the management of the CEO Paulo Scaroni
preferred to propose an “Indemnity Lawsuit” at Italy, demanding 30 million
Euros from the “whistleblower”? Why the management of the CEO Claudio Descalzi
continued with this lawsuit? What is Eni trying to hide with this attitude
contrary to its own Code of Ethics?
5. Why Eni doesn’t open an internal
investigation, with independent auditors to check whether there was a mistake
in the lawsuit of this “whistleblower”? Judging by the amount of corroborating
documents, there is an overwhelming evidence that this “whistleblower” has
always spoken the truth! This would be the fairest way to emerge the real truth
of the facts presented here.
If Eni is an Ethical Company, it will answer: Why did Eni kill a whistleblower?
Will the Board of Eni finally answer?