Chinese e-commerce giant
The firm has also promised policies to prevent sexual harassment in the office but was criticised by state media for no action until the accuser went public.
Over the weekend, a female staff posted an 11-page account on Alibaba’s intranet, saying her manager and a client had sexually assaulted her during a business trip and that superiors and human resources had failed to take action.
The accused manager, who worked at the grocery delivery unit, “has been fired and will never be rehired,” Alibaba’s chief executive
The man told management he was involved in “intimate acts” when the female employee was inebriated, Zhang said in the memo, adding the matter was under police investigation.
Police in the city of
Commentators and state media were overwhelmingly blasted Alibaba’s delay in handling the incident.
An editorial in the Global Times said, “Alibaba could not offer an answer that satisfies public opinion for this ham-handed inaction.”
A group of staff in
Zhang said in his memo that the company was staunchly opposed to “the ugly culture of forced drinking” and will launch company-wide training for the prevention of sexual harassment.
“This incident is a humiliation for all
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