NIKE CEO Says Indiana 'Religious Freedom' Law 'Bad For Business And Bad For Society'
Mark Parker is the CEO and President of NIKE, the international sportswear corporation responsible for employing 44,000 people worldwide.
This evening in an exclusive statement to the Human Rights Campaign, Parker became the latest CEO to denounce Indiana's anti-gay "religious freedom" law.
"NIKE proudly stands for inclusion for all. We believe laws should treat people equally and prevent discrimination," Parker's statement reads. "NIKE has led efforts alongside other businesses to defeat discriminatory laws in Oregon and opposes the new law in Indiana which is bad for our employees, bad for our consumers, bad for business and bad for society as a whole. We hope Indiana will quickly resolve this."
HRC notes that "NIKE contributed to the campaign for marriage equality in Oregon and was among the first to establish non-discrimination protections for LGBT employees. NIKE received a perfect 100 percent score on HRC's 2015 Corporate Equality Index."
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