In the early morning of August 9, Zhang Yong, Chairman and CEO of Alibaba’s board of directors, announced on the Alibaba intranet the results of the phased internal investigation and the handling decision of “female employee being violated”: suspected male employee was fired and never hired, whether there is any illegality Behavior, the police are investigating and collecting evidence.
In addition, Li Yonghe, president of the same city retail business group, and HRG Xu Kun resigned, and Tong Wenhong, chief human resources officer of Alibaba, recorded the punishment.
On August 7, an employee self-report post appeared on Alibaba’s intranet. According to the content of the self-reported post, during the typhoon in Hangzhou from July 24 to July 26, this female employee who worked for Alibaba’s Taoxianda business was asked to travel to Jinan by the direct leader Qu Yi (real name Wang Chengwen). On July 27, after the employee went on a business trip to Jinan, he was infringed upon by his clients, Jinan Hualian Zhang Guo and Wang Chengwen. Subsequently, the female employee sought help from various sources within Alibaba to no avail.
In the anonymous letter of the certified employee, he mentioned the list of Ali executives who have repeatedly sought the company to deal with but did not respond, including the head of Alibaba Taoxianda LKA, the head of Taoxianda BU, the head of BG in the same city, and HRG. principal.
The two executives who took the blame this time are Li Yonghe and HRG Xu Kun, the inactionable city BG leaders mentioned in the employee’s anonymous letter.
Zhang Yong said that the incident caused great harm to the female employee. Regardless of the results of the police investigation, “we will do our best to care for and take care of her.”
Ali said that suspected male employees and female colleagues had excessive intimacy while drunk, seriously violating company regulations, and were dismissed and never hired. The police are investigating and collecting evidence as to whether he has violated the law such as rape or indecency.
Li Yonghe (Lao Ding), president of the same city retail business group, and Xu Kun (Ding Dong) of the same city retail business group HRG, resigned. The internal announcement believes that as the president of the business group, Li Yonghe has not enough sensitivity, attention and investment in this matter. If he did not take the initiative, Xu Kun did not play a role in the key decision-making of the business group HRG, so he should bear it. Leadership responsibility.
Tong Wenhong, chief human resources officer of Alibaba Group, received a demerit penalty. In the entire incident handling process, the HR team did not pay enough attention and care to people, it was more rational, less emotional, and lacked empathy. At the same time, there was a lack of an emergency response system and serious misjudgment. In the case of suspected violations of the law, the parties were unable to suspend their duties as soon as possible. “Behind all these phenomena is the major problems in the HR cultural system and capacity building.”
Zhang Yong said that Ali is the Ali of all Ali people. The pain is because of love. It is a humiliation for all Ali people to happen. “We must reshape, we must change. Change must start from everyone, but first must start from the leader, from me. Please wait and see.”
This internal announcement announced that Ali will continue to reflect and act in three aspects:
1. Carry out training and investigations on employee rights protection including sexual harassment, and open special reporting channels. Employees’ reports will be followed up by a dedicated person on the premise that privacy is fully protected.
2. Zero tolerance for sexual harassment. External experts and employee representatives jointly formulated the “Code of Action for Anti-Sexual Harassment.”
3. A clear-cut stand against the ugly wine-accompanying culture, regardless of gender, Alibaba unconditionally supports employees’ refusal to accompany wine.