Asia Tech Wire (Oct 14) -- Chen Xudong, chairman of IBM Greater China, has been accused of a number of misbehavior by a 26-year veteran employee.

A 15-page internal letter listing numerous misbehaviors in corporate management by IBM Greater China Chairman Chen Xudong has sparked attention on the Internet recently.

According to Chinese media outlet Economic Observer, IBM confirmed the existence of the internal letter on Sunday, saying it "highly values and thoroughly investigates any possible violation of the company's code of business conduct."

"We do not discuss the personal situations of our employees and will continue to focus on serving our customers in Greater China," the company added.

The internal letter came from Li Hongyan, former general manager of the Data, AI & Automation (DAA) business at IBM Greater China and a 26-year veteran of IBM.

According to the letter, on the afternoon of Sept. 30, Chen decided that IBM Greater China would terminate its contract with Li on the grounds that her third-quarter performance was not up to standard.

Consequently, Li sent a letter to all IBM China colleagues in the early hours of Oct. 8 and said, "In good faith [I] report the potential missteps and misconduct of Chairman Chen Xudong."

Li listed in her letter a number of issues such as Chen's acceptance of gifts from channels, private leaks of company secrets, poor decision-making, ganging up on others, nepotism, and retaliation against employees who did not listen to him.

The employee also revealed in this letter that after leaving IBM, she chose to go to work as an ordinary teacher.

Prior to IBM, Xudong Chen assumed senior management roles in Lenovo, Meituan, Yangtze Memory and other companies.

In March 2022, IBM appointed Chen as General Manager of IBM Greater China.