JD.com Fires 10 Employees for Graft

(Beijing) — JD.com Inc., China's second-largest e-commerce company, has named and shamed 10 employees who violated company rules, including accepting bribes or gifts from suppliers in return for rigging the site's promotion system that highlights popular sellers.

An internal investigation uncovered 10 cases in which staff in different departments, including those sourcing consumer goods and luxury items, had accepted bribes and gifts from suppliers or participated in banquets organized by them, which are violations of the company's code of conduct, JD.com said on Monday on its official WeChat account.