Updated at 5:57 p.m.

The Nike purge continued this week with the ouster of five more senior managers, including the first woman. Though no details were provided Tuesday, the dismissals suggest the company's investigation is not restricted to gender equity and #MeToo complaints.

Out are Simon Pestridge, vice president, category marketing; Steve Lesnard, vice president, general manager global running; Tommy Kain, vice president global sports marketing; Ibrahem Hasan, senior creative director; and Helen Kim, New York business director, according to information provided to The Oregonian/OregonLive by people familiar with the changes.

The New York Times reported some of the departures earlier Tuesday. Nike confirmed all five have left the company.

The house cleaning began in March, after a group of female employees presented Nike chief executive Mark Parker with the results of survey on workplace culture. The latest departures bring to at least nine, possibly as high as 14, the number of Nike senior managers dismissed.

Local employment lawyers are watching the unfolding process at Nike with great interest. Craig Crispin said he's heard from clients that day-to-day work at Nike has practically ground to a halt. "The company is in total shutdown mode," he said.

Crispin's firm has represented Nike employees for more than a decade. Their message was consistent: "The company has always had this culture: You work hard and play hard," he said.

Yet, the seemingly repeated claims of inappropriate behavior surprised Crispin. "There have been allegations of racial discrimination, of age discrimination, of failure to comply with certain specific employment laws," Crispin said. "But this widespread claim of misbehaving males running roughshod over women is a new thing."

Parker apologized to Nike workers at a rare all-employee meeting last Thursday.

The company has long ruled the athletic footwear and apparel business. Though sales growth slowed in 2017 and 2018, and rival Adidas came on strong, Nike's domination of the sector is not threatened. It is the largest company based in Oregon, with a market value of $108.3 billion and 74,000 employees worldwide.

But Nike's image as a progressive, enlightened workplace has taken a beating since the purge began. Older workers protested that they were targeted in last year's layoff of about 1,400. And some women complained they were overlooked and harassed by their male counterparts.

Nike is certainly not the only company beset with difficult management and gender-equity issues in the #MeToo era. Some of the biggest names in Hollywood and the media have seen their careers crater after revelations they sexually harassed women.

The first to be let go by the company was Trevor Edwards, president of the Nike brand once seen as the likely heir apparent to Parker.

Kain is the first sports marketing executive caught up in the housecleaning. A former collegiate soccer star at Duke, he helped Nike become one of the dominant forces in soccer.

Pestridge, a Briton, headed up Nike's marketing operation in the United Kingdom and Ireland, before getting promoted and transferred to the U.S. in 2009. He was an influential figure in Nike's advertising.

Lesnard, a veteran of more than 20 years at the company, took over Nike's enormous global running operation in August 2016.

Hasan was promoted to senior creative director in May 2015. He'd been with the company since 2011.

Hasan spent part of his time in Nike's New York City office as did Helen Kim, the first high-level female departure since the wave of executive changes commenced in early March. Kim, a veteran of 22 years at the company, most recently served as vice president and general manager East, North America.

From early on, there were complaints that some of the worst treatment came from women. Between the Nike "bros" and the "mean girls," a portrait emerged of a difficult workplace culture.

The company has set up a process for employees to file complaints about their treatment. Sources said Nike hopes to wrap up the resulting investigations and personnel changes this month.

Nike's stock has been unaffected by the turmoil. Shares closed down fractionally Tuesday at $68.46. The stock has actually climbed about $3 a share since Edwards' pending departure was announced on March 6.

-- Jeff Manning