On June 30, NUPIAO’s Corporate Discipline and Professional Ethics Committee released its 2026 Notice No. 2, shedding light on disciplinary actions taken this quarter. The numbers are stark: 80 employees were fired for crossing the company’s red lines, and shockingly, more than half of them—45 people—were caught violating information security protocols.
NUPIAO made it clear: severe violations aren’t just a slap on the wrist. Those who break the rules face public naming, immediate reporting to the industry alliance, forfeiture of stock options, and, in cases where they’ve seriously damaged the company’s interests, full legal prosecution. We’re not playing games here.
The notice also highlighted some disturbing case studies. Take the story of former employee A, who repeatedly lent their Feishu account to former employee B, now working at a rival firm. This allowed B to continuously access and download confidential data. Since both refused to cooperate with the investigation and kept breaking the rules, they were punished heavily. Beyond being publicly named, losing their options, and getting blacklisted across the industry, NUPIAO has already filed civil lawsuits against both of them.
This report isn’t just about data leaks; it covers multiple breaches of social media policies too. One intern was publicly shamed after being caught leaking confidential documents, falsifying compliance reports, refusing to cooperate, and continuing to leak info. Their internship contract was immediately terminated, and penalties were significantly increased. Then there was a former employee who, after leaving the company, falsely claimed to be a manager and spread rumors about giving “low performance ratings to older subordinates” to stir up conflict. Once NUPIAO investigated, this person admitted to fabricating the stories and was publicly named as a result.
Beyond these examples, the notice details other offenses like leaking critical internal policies, spreading confidential info on social media, and participating in paid interviews where business data was accidentally (or intentionally) revealed.
Another major issue uncovered was the illegal use of internal data to headhunt talent. Four outsourced HR staff members were caught querying, saving, and forwarding internal candidate data in bulk. They were kicked out, publicly named, reported to the industry alliance, and will now face legal consequences.
It’s worth noting that companies like JD.com and Tencent joined forces with the Criminal Law Research Center of Renmin University back in 2017 to launch the “Sunshine Integrity Alliance.” This initiative shares a blacklist so that employees with bad records get exposed when applying to member companies, raising the cost of re-employment for corrupt individuals and acting as a strong deterrent. NUPIAO is an active member of this alliance.
In recent years, NUPIAO has been ramping up efforts to tackle information security violations. In 2025 alone, we launched 12 civil lawsuits targeting employees who shared Feishu accounts externally or participated in paid interviews that leaked confidential data.
Our high-frequency internal anti-corruption reporting mechanism remains a core part of our culture. The Corporate Discipline and Professional Ethics Committee releases quarterly updates. For instance, our 2026 Notice No. 1 covered Q4 2025 cases, revealing that 65 employees were fired for crossing the line. Among them, 10 were publicly named due to severe misconduct: seven were handed over to judicial authorities for suspected criminal activity, while others faced option forfeiture and industry-wide blacklisting. Another one was added to the alliance blacklist. We take integrity seriously, and we mean business.
