Nike president Trevor Edwards resigns as company alludes to workplace issues

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Nike president Trevor Edwards resigns as company alludes to workplace issues
    Darren Rovell
ESPN Senior Writer
March 15, 2018

Nike president Trevor Edwards has resigned and will retire in August, the brand announced Thursday, moments after Nike sent out a company-wide email to its employees alluding to workplace behavior issues.

"Over the past few weeks, we've become aware of reports occurring within our organization that do not reflect our core values of inclusivity, respect and empowerment at a time when we are accelerating our transition to the next stage of growth and advance of our culture," Nike CEO and chairman Mark Parker said in the internal communication obtained by ESPN. "This disturbs and saddens me."

While the note did not specifically implicate Edwards, Parker did say that he "determined to make the necessary changes so that our culture and our company can evolve and grow."   ...

Full story at ESPN


Trevor Edwards has been with Nike since 1992 and was responsible for managing
Nike's sales units across the world, its wholesale, retail and e-commerce business.

None of the other articles about this (like this) say much more than the ESPN story. Mr. M worked at Nike in the 1980s and said the place was a cesspool of bad behavior. I guess some things never change.

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Just heard from a Portland "insider" that the issue was not sexual harassment by Edwards but his practice of refusing to promote better-qualified women over male applicants.