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In its continuing effort to combat bad press over the working conditions in its overseas contract factories, Nike is issuing wallet-sized Code of Conduct cards in the native languages of its workers and managers. The card is the first key initiative Nike has implemented in response to recommendations found in former UN ambassador Andrew Young's "Report on Nike Code of Conduct" released this June. Nike commissioned Young after heavy publicity over conditions in its factories, including stories of safety hazards and physical abuse. The conduct card also includes health and safety tips, and has been issued in 11 languages-English, Vietnamese, Thai, Bahasa Indonesian, simplified and complex Chinese characters, Hindi, Urdu, Korean, Spanish and Tagalog. Nike will also display poster-sized versions of the Code on the factory floor, assure Code training is provided to all managers and employees and audit acceptance. This will ensure that managers realize they are accountable for workers' knowledge of the Code and that independent auditors can gauge the level of understanding throughout the factory," says Dusty Kidd, director of Nike's Labor Practices department. The Code covers such areas as occupational health and safety; compensation, work hours and benefits; impact on environment; the dignity of the individual, the rights of free association and collective bargaining, and the right to be free of harassment, abuse and corporal punishment; and the principle that things like hirings, salary and terminations are based solely on ability. Over 100,000 Nike footwear contract factory workers in Asia will be the first to receive the card during the next few months.