{"id":4308,"date":"2021-12-18T10:57:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T10:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsphere.com\/?p=4308"},"modified":"2022-02-26T11:12:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T11:12:05","slug":"alibaba-accused-of-firing-employee-who-filed-rape-allegations-against-her-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsphere.com\/alibaba-accused-of-firing-employee-who-filed-rape-allegations-against-her-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Alibaba Accused of Firing Employee Who Filed Rape Allegations Against her Boss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alibaba has been accused of firing an employee who filed rape allegations against her boss at the organization. The Chinese e-commerce group delivered a dismissal letter to a female who was only identified as Zhou. This attracted a lot of attention on the internet, with female activist groups triggering an outcry.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zhou previously laid sexual assault allegations against her superior after a business trip. The issue was thrown under wraps by Alibaba officials. According to Zhou, she was sexually abused by her boss and a client at a drinks-fuelled business dinner. When the incident was posted on the internet, it was public relations nightmare for Alibaba as several people were condemning this heinous act [Source]<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was interviewed by Financial Times and said that \u201cshe published her account internally \u2018after repeatedly reporting the incident to company leaders without a response\u201d\u00a0[Source]<\/a>. She explained that \u201cI just wanted the company leaders to see what happened and help resolve it. I never thought the company would end up firing me, the victim. It\u2019s very unfair.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack Ma\u2019s company accused the employee of \u201cspreading false information\u201d and \u201ccreating a negative impact,\u201d and these allegations were written down in a dismissal letter given to Zhou. According to the letter, she was also blamed for holding a one-person demo at the company\u2019s cafeteria with a \u201cbanner and microphone.\u201d Alibaba officials noted her misconduct of seeking attention by posting a rather lengthy account of the incident to Alibaba\u2019s internal chat board. She was despised for exaggerating the details of the assault.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further condemnation for Zhou in the dismissal letter said this case had caused \u201cincalculable harm\u201d to Zhou and Alibaba, and Zhou failed to communicate in good faith. The Chinese authorities extended Zhou\u2019s punishment by handing him a 15-day sentence for \u201cforce indecency\u201d and additional charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case prompted questions regarding Alibaba’s allegedly sexist corporate culture, which was despised since it mistreated women. The Chinese Communist party\u2019s anti-corruption watchdog criticized the company\u2019s culture of allowing people on business functions to drink. An intoxicated person is known to exhibit unruly behavior, leading to an assault of all forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After news broke out about the sexual assault, Alibaba\u2019s chief executive Daniel Zhang was very sympathetic to the public eye and called the incident a \u201chumiliation for all Alibaba people.\u201d He also pledged to make necessary reforms that would change such behavior at the company. As a follow-up to this issue, Zhou\u2019s superior accused of abusing her was fired. Two other executives were asked to hand in their resignation because they ignored her reports. Additionally, 10 employees were fired for leaking Zhou\u2019s account on public forums. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This move angered activists since innocent employees lost their jobs for exposing the ugly truth about the abuser. Zhou\u2019s ill-treatment by Alibaba was a challenge to China\u2019s #MeToo movement. Zhou\u2019s incident happened soon after tennis star Peng Shuai\u2019s public disappearance as she had made sexual allegations against a former senior Chinese Communist party official. Peng Shuai was also censored online. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feng Yaun, director of Beijing-based women\u2019s rights group Weiping, said, \u201cSometimes there will be one step ahead and then one step back [for gender equality].\u201d She added that Alibaba \u201cdid a really poor job in responding to the initial complaint and [now] finally firing the employee.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other people online were displeased by Alibaba\u2019s move and said, \u201cAs an internet giant, what Alibaba did was inconsiderate. Firing the woman caused a new problem. Why didn\u2019t Alibaba reflect on its own management flaws?\u201d [Source]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response to her dismissal, Zhou said, \u201cI really don\u2019t understand it, before the company leaders were putting out press releases emphasizing that they would properly handle this, I didn\u2019t think the result would be dismissing me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For now, Alibaba is feeling the heat of infringing women’s rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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