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20:46 9 A All 21% + Expert Q&A + 10.21 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT 2: ASSIGNMENT 2 [100] READ THE ARTICLE BELOW AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW: Nike Aims to Transform Troubled Workplace With New Diversity Initiatives The sportswear giant is investing in management training and recruiting programs to place more women and minorities in leadership positions, the company said in its best sustainability report, which to detailed its progress toward environmental arts BEAVERTON, Und State - Nike is introducing were to improve workplace diversty as the company grapples with alegations of gender discrimination and Inappropriate behaviour that led to the departure of nearly a dozen senior secutivos The American Sportswear giant will additional resources into program igned to ensure leadership accountability and create hiring opportunities for women and minorities, Nice said in a drait of its best sustainability report, which is due out Monday The report outines the Deaverton, Oregon-based company's progress on environmental and culturales, including headway in reducing its carbon footprint. Monday's report also offers new details about how Nike plans to address a workplace culture some employees have described as toe in media reports in early 2018, we became aware of reports of behaviour within our organisation that did not reflect our core values of inclusivity, respect and empowerment Nike said. We now recognise this is not only about culture and leadership, but also about institutional bias and practices that haven't kept pace." Nike is requiring 10.000 managers worldwide to undergo mandatory diversity training and unconscious biasawareness training for all employees. A new diversity salon acquisition team will ensure there are diverse candidates for open positions. The company is creating a leadership training program to help employees anal in business school and providing mentorship programs for women and minories Nike will also continue to evaluate its promotion, pay and performance result pirpoint how women and minorities are untality represented in the process. While the company dedined to comment on how much money will rest in the new diversity Intatives, chied sustainabity officer Hannah Jones told BoF that it will be significant relative to previous budgeting We're taking it very seriously," she said. "This is about a fundamental mindset shit and it comes from senior management Only 29 percent of Nke vice presidents are women, while the company's overall workforce is 45 percent female, the report found. Among director. percent women and 23 percent are non-caucasian. Allegations of widespread harassment and discrimination emerged in caly March, when an informal survey by female employees describing inappropriate behaviour by their male colleagues made is way to chief secutive Mark Parker A New York Times investigation found that under brand President Trevor Edwards leadership. women said they were routinely denied promotions while male supervisors accused of misconduct failed to be apprehended by human resources Edward resigned in March, before the Times story man, as did his deputy, Jayme Martin. They were folowed by nine other exits among senior management, including that of Antoine Andrews, head of diversity and inclusion. In his place. Nika hed Kelle Leonard, the former vice president of employee and corporate communications, who will help oversee the new initiatives, the company said. The upheaval doesn't appear to have affected Nike's sales, and the company's stock is up 3 percent since early March. But Nike risks alienating consumers if it isn't more forthright about problems in its workplace culture, especially with the company facing growing competition from Adidas and others, said Lee Peterson, an executive vice president at retail consultancy WD Partners. BoF explored the potential consequences to Nike's bottom line following the latest slate of executive exits last week. Nike's sustainability report also detailed the company's progress toward environmental targets set in 2015. Its footwear and apparel sectors have seen a 2.5 percent decrease in average carbon footprint per unit since fiscal 2015, and the company said it has signed power purchase agreements that will enable its goal of sourcing 100 percent QUESTION THREE [35] At least 10,000 of Nike's managers worldwide are required to undergo mandatory training. Good leaders are said to have conflict resolution skills. In light of this, discuss the various conflict management approaches as well as sources of conflict in the workplace. QUESTION FOUR [20] In order to ensure leadership accountability, Nike will funnel additional resources into programmes designed. Part of leadership accountability is the practice of sound decision making With reference to the statement above, discuss the various contributors to decision making complexity that managers should be aware of