Eni: Violation of Human Rights (Art 12 - UDHR)

To
Interministerial Committee for Human Rights (CIDU)
Mrs. Sabrina Ugolini
President
Italy

 

Subject: Eni - Violation of Human Rights (Art 12 - UDHR)

  

Dear Mrs. Sabrina Ugolini,

A very important fact that needs to be noted by CIDU in relation to the "3rd version" about my dismissal from AGIP Brazil (former Brazilian subsidiary of Eni). Note that there are only two possibilities for the content of Eni's presentation - in the AGM 2017 - regarding the "3rd version" of my dismissal: either the version is "true" or the version is "false".

I have prepared a "new material" (see in the file below) so that you can analyze the strategy that Eni's executives has been using to handle my case: "a systemic imposition of instrumentally engineered retaliation and victimization - with attacks on my honor and reputation - that distorts and manipulates the truth to exempt itself from its own responsibility regarding all the damage I have suffered over these more than 21 long years".

This document fully proves that I am not the "villain" of this story, but the main "victim", despite having complied with Eni's Code of Ethics when I whistleblowing fraud and acts of corruption in AGIP Brazil with deviations million dollars a year. Therefore, I am the whistleblower, as recognized by the Labor Court of Brazil!

For this reason, I ask CIDU to request "clarifications" from Eni's Board of Directors on this situation, which is directly violating the commitments assumed by the company, whether corporate commitments or international commitments such as the "UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights" (Principle 4: The nexus between the State and companies), especially that the Italian government is an adherent nation. 

And, because of this Principle 4 (UNGP 31), I request also that Italian government - as the "controlling shareholder” of Eni - require the company's Board of Directors to finally carry out a "due diligence" on my case in the light of the “chronology of the facts” (see in the file below) which was sufficiently capable of “reconstructing the events” about the “actions” and “omissions” of Eni’s Brazilian subsidiary and of Eni itself to my disadvantage.

I place myself, from now on, at your disposal, and I look forward to your contact.

Best Regards.

Douglas Linares Flinto
Chairman & CEO
Brazilian Business Ethics Institute

Read more:

1) Fully proven facts known to the Board of Directors of Eni

2) Chronology of Facts (2001 to 2022)

Eni & ILO Convention 190

Dear Mrs. Maria Teresa Bellucci (Vice Minister of Labour of Italy),

Italy is one of the first nations to “ratify” Convention 190. Therefore, the provisions of Convention 190 are “binding”, meaning they are “mandatory” for the Italian government, which is the “controlling shareholder” of the Italian oil giant Eni.

Convention 190 also applies to employees and former employees. Moreover, we can assert that “retaliation” (such as unfair dismissal, failure to protect whistleblowers as mandated by the Code of Ethics, SLAPP suits, and attacks on honor and reputation) constitutes a form of “harassment”.

The files below contain facts and full proofs of practices contrary to ILO Convention 190 imposed by Eni over a span of 23 long years against me.

I would appreciate information on what steps I can take to ensure that the Italian government (and Eni) comply with what is stipulated in Convention 190 in my favor.

I await your response as soon as possible.

Best Regards.

Douglas Linares Flinto
Founder & CEO
Brazilian Business Ethics Institute

Read more:

1) "Fully proven facts known to the Board of Directors of Eni"

2) "Chronology of Facts" (2001 to 2022)

Eni & Me: a story of incredible 23 years!

Dear Mr. Raphael Vermeir,

Today marks 23 long years since I was unfairly fired from Eni's Brazilian subsidiary in proven “retaliation”. And this is because, in accordance with Eni's Code of Ethics, I reported a “million-dollar scheme” involving, including, members of the Board of Directors of Agip Brazil.

In all these years, I have come into contact with five different compositions of the Board of Directors of Eni (2002, 2009, 2014, 2020 and 2023) under the management of three different CEOs. My intention has always been to raise awareness and convince the Italian oil giant to carry out the necessary "due diligence" of my case. But, instead of doing what needed to be done, Eni began to punish me for having had the boldness and courage to confront its executives with the truth of the facts, including three SLAPP suits.

Today I make new contact, this time with the “Control and Risk Committee” of the Eni Board of Directors of which you are the Chairman.

I would like you to be able to "require" Eni's Internal Audit Department so that, finally, "due diligence" is carried out on my case through the attached documents that make full proof that I am the “victim” of this story having my executive career destroyed and my retirement ripped out of my hands.

As an independent non-executive director to the Control and Risk Committee, you have an “ethical obligation” to definitely handle this case.

I hope you do the right thing!

Read more:

1) "Fully proven facts known to the Board of Directors of Eni"

2) "Chronology of Facts" (2001 to 2022)