Title: Deutsche Bahn's boss steps down Post by: Chris from Nailsea on March 30, 2009, 21:37:01 Quote The head of Germany's railway company, Deutsche Bahn, is stepping down after the company admitted spying on thousands of its employees. Chief executive Hartmut Mehdorn is quitting after running the firm for nearly a decade. The firm admitted that it conducted a surveillance operation on staff, intended to tackle corruption. Mr Mehdorn said he had not been aware of the spying but expressed regret over what had happened. Deutsche Bahn, the country's biggest public company, has previously confirmed it employed investigators from a detective agency in Berlin to carry out covert surveillance operations on its employees. It has also admitted monitoring staff emails to check whether they were being critical of the company's policies. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7971969.stm This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |