Faced with an embarrassingly toxic workplace culture that had drawn complaints from some female staffers, Nike chief executive Mark Parker on Thursday apologized to employees, according to a report.

The complaints led to an internal probe — which resulted in several high-ranking male executives leaving their positions, including Trevor Edwards, the No. 2 executive at the Beaverton, Ore., athletic footwear maker.

Edwards, the Nike brand president, is expected to leave the company this summer.

In a rare all-hands meeting that packed the on-campus Tiger Woods Conference Center, Parker told employees he would do a better job and the company would take seriously complaints about workplace culture, according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported on the apology.

Complaints from female employees about unequal pay and behavior issues by some male execs were not forwarded up the chain of command, according to reports.