Former Security Chief Charges Ikea with Snooping

October 28, 2012  by in UnCategorized   

By Aggregated Content in Furniture Retailing on October 29, 2012 from http://www.english.rfi.fr/americas/20121029-ikea-snooped-union-activists-says-former-french-security-boss

The former head of security of Ikea in France has accused his bosses of telling him to hire detectives to spy on its employees. In April the Swedish furniture retailer admitted that practices "contrary to its ethics" had taken place in its French business.

Ikea fired Jean-François Paris and several other senior managers after a trade union took the company to court and several media published emails revealing that private detectives had been commissioned to provide reports on potential employees' criminal records.

 

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