Who thought that after the Nissan saga versus Carlos Ghosn, in which the former president fled after being arrested accused of receiving undeclared prizes, among other alleged crimes, had put an end to the controversies related to employees of the Japanese construction company, he was completely wrong. Already after the arrest (and escape) of Ghosn, the man who convinced Renault (of which he was CEO) to save Nissan, then on the verge of bankruptcy, the controversies continue, this time involving the CEO and COO, respectively the number 1 and number 2 of the company.
According to Reuters, an investigation requested by Nissan from an independent entity, led by the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell, determined that The company’s current CEO, Makoto Uchida, spied on Nissan’s COO Ashwani Gupta. The preliminary report confirmed that Uchida had two sets of security cameras installed at the brand’s No. 2 private house in Tokyo to monitor Gupta, one used by a private security company and a second by the Japanese manufacturer’s internal security service. .
As with Ghosn, Gupta is also a foreigner in Japan with links to Renault and the fact that he is being touted as a possible future No. this “watch”. Everything indicates that it was the possibility that Gupta could replace Uchida and the idea of a foreigner taking over Nissan that led to the surveillance cameras and a series of other accusations., from an alleged complaint of harassment by a Japanese employee in relation to the Indian workforce to the accusation that the latter wanted to delay negotiations with Renault – in which the Japanese wanted to take over 15% of the French vehicle division electrical-. All of this put Gupta in an impossible position that led him to leave Nissan.
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It is impossible not to draw a parallel here between Gupta and Ghosn, since the latter was also buried in accusations, such as the one in which he practiced embezzlement and received undeclared awards, which later turned out to be similar to those received by other Japanese. pictures, as it was Nissan’s policy to evade taxes – the company has been sanctioned by the court. But the other members of the administration who (also) were paid outside only had to apologize.
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It should also be remembered that Ghosn’s assistant, the American Greg Kelly, after waiting two years for the trial for conspiracy to commit a crime, among other complaints, saw how Nissan’s defense dismantled the evidence against him, despite not being able to count on witnesses. favourable, as their distrust in the Japanese justice system led them to fear being arrested in retaliation. Even so, he was sentenced to just six months in prison with a suspended sentence for concealing such unreported payments to Ghosn, which the court found to be standard practice among company staff.
Source: Observadora
