To
Eni SpA
Chairwoman of the Board Eni SpA
Italy
c.c. Board of Directors, Board of Auditors, Management and other
Eni's Stakeholders
Dear Ms. Emma Marcegaglia,
Today
is completed two months since the Shareholders' Meeting of Eni Spa confirmed
you as members of the Board of Directors of the company. With this, all of you
have joined the Corporate Governance which has the main
responsability to be Eni's Ethics Guardian, ensuring, obeying and
enforcing the words and spirit of Code of Ethics Eni.
Today
is also completed thirteen years of my Life Defining Moment, an english
expression to define something that marked someone's life forever!!!
In
2001, after fulfilling Eni's Ethics Code, reporting to the board of your brazilian
subsidiary a millionaire scheme of internal corruption and fraud, exceeding US$
18 millions per year, I was fired in "retaliation", which is a
forbidden attitude and condemned by Code of Ethics Eni itself.
Now,
regardless of the judgment that shall be rendered these days by the Civil
Tribunal of Rome, in action for slander and defamation that Eni filed against
me (?!?!), demanding a indemnity of US$ 100 millions (?!?!), your company will
have to me an Eternal Moral Debt, because Eni, when trying to kill the whistleblower
in Brazil and then in Italy, not only put an end to my career and my
retirement, but destroyed my name, my image, my reputation and my honor (Get to
know details from David and Goliath's story on this LINK).
However,
Eni's Code of Ethics itself has as its assumptions and general principles:
- Eni undertakes to promote knowledge of the Code among Eni’s People and the other Stakeholders, and to accept their constructive contribution to the Code’s principles and contents. Eni undertakes to take into consideration any suggestions and remarks of Stakeholders, with the objective of confirming or integrating the Code;
- Eni carefully checks for compliance with the Code by providing suitable information, prevention and control tools and ensuring transparency in all transactions and behaviours by taking corrective measures if and as required;
- Compliance with the law, regulations, statutory provisions, self-regulatory codes, ethical integrity and fairness, is a constant commitment and duty of all Eni’s People, and characterizes the conduct of Eni’s entire organization;
- Eni’s business and corporate activities has to be carried out in a transparent, honest and fair way, in good Faith;
- Eni undertakes to maintain and strengthen a governance system in line with international best practice standards, able to deal with the complex situations in which Eni operates, and with the challenges to face for sustainable development;
- All Eni’s People, without any distinction or exception whatsoever, respect the principles and contents of the Code in their actions and behaviours while performing their functions and according to their responsibilities, because compliance with the Code is fundamental for the quality of their working and professional performance. Relationships among Eni’s People, at all levels, must be characterized by honesty, fairness, cooperation, loyalty and mutual respect;
- The belief that one is acting in favor or to the advantage of Eni can never, in any way, justify – not even in part – any behaviours that conflict with the principles and contents of the Code.
If
Eni Spa wants to throw their Code of Ethics in the garbage, I won't do the same
with my life!!! And that's the reason for me to continue, tirelessly until my
last breath of life, with my personal saga to restore and redeem my name, my
image, my reputation and my honor, unjustly depreciated by your company.
Best
Regarts.
Douglas Linares Flinto
Chairman & CEO
Brazilian Business Ethics Institute
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