Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang in a public memorandum in August promised to create an anti-sexual harassment policy and said that “the employee accused of harassing has been fired”. .
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A female worker fired from a Chinese e-commerce company after allegations of sexual assault became public has warned that she is not encouraging other victims in China to come forward. Because it will only hurt them more. In August this year, a female employee, nicknamed Zhou, publicly accused her co-worker of sexually assaulting her on a business trip. After this, there was public outrage about the way China had dealt with the sexual harassment case.
In an interview published on Saturday in the Chinese newspaper Dahe Daily, Zhou said he had received messages from several women who said they had also been victims of drinking and sexual assault at work. Most of these did not come to the fore and instead endured these incidents or resigned. He said, ‘I feel sad for these people. But I can understand why he chose this path. I will not appeal to the victims of sexual assault to come forward and share their story as doing so will harm them further.
CEO promised to make an anti-sexual harassment policy
He said, ‘I hope all those women can come out of their shock and lead a normal life.’ According to The Associated Press, a letter was sent to Zhou in November saying he was being fired. Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang in a public memorandum in August promised to create an anti-sexual harassment policy and said that “the employee accused of harassing has been fired”. . Despite this, however, Zhou was fired.
According to the letter from Alibaba subsidiary Zhejiang Tmall Technology Co., Ltd., Zhou was fired for spreading misinformation about his sexual assault and for not handling the issue properly by the company. The letter said that the sexual harassment case raised by Zhou has had a very bad effect on the company.
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