<p>Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Thursday it will set up a committee, initially comprising five female senior executives, to investigate sexual harassment complaints.</p>.<p>The move comes days after a female employee went public with an 11-page account on Alibaba's intranet saying her manager and a client sexually assaulted her, and that superiors and human resources did not take her report seriously.</p>.<p>Alibaba said on Monday it had <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/alibaba-fires-employee-after-rape-accusation-1017755.html" target="_blank">fired the manager</a> accused of sexual assault, but was blasted by China's state media for not acting until the accuser went public.</p>.<p>The company said its Alibaba Group Committee on Workplace Environment, to be chaired by Group Deputy Chief People Officer Jane Jiang, will be the decision-making body for matters related but not limited to sexual harassment prevention and will report directly to its board of directors.</p>.<p>Alibaba said it has also created a sexual harassment prevention emergency support hotline.</p>
<p>Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Thursday it will set up a committee, initially comprising five female senior executives, to investigate sexual harassment complaints.</p>.<p>The move comes days after a female employee went public with an 11-page account on Alibaba's intranet saying her manager and a client sexually assaulted her, and that superiors and human resources did not take her report seriously.</p>.<p>Alibaba said on Monday it had <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/alibaba-fires-employee-after-rape-accusation-1017755.html" target="_blank">fired the manager</a> accused of sexual assault, but was blasted by China's state media for not acting until the accuser went public.</p>.<p>The company said its Alibaba Group Committee on Workplace Environment, to be chaired by Group Deputy Chief People Officer Jane Jiang, will be the decision-making body for matters related but not limited to sexual harassment prevention and will report directly to its board of directors.</p>.<p>Alibaba said it has also created a sexual harassment prevention emergency support hotline.</p>