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34 Sony Corporation
The Sony CSR Policy and Activities
The core responsibility of the Sony Group to society is to pursue enhancement of
corporate value through innovation and sound business practices. The Sony Group
recognizes that its businesses have direct and indirect impact on the societies in
which it operates. Sound business practice requires that business decisions give due
consideration to the interests of Sony’s stakeholders, including shareholders,
customers, employees, suppliers, business partners, local communities and other
organizations.
To ensure our ability to continue fulfilling our fundamental social responsibility, we
are acting on a number of fronts. These include strengthening our corporate gover-
nance, compliance and quality management systems, as well as maintaining sound
labor and employment practices and a healthy working environment, conserving the
environment (mainly through reducing greenhouse gases emissions, raising resource
productivity and improving chemical substance management), and contributing to
our communities through social contribution programs.
Compliance System Improvements
We have established the Sony Group Code of Conduct and have introduced it at all
Group companies with the objective of reinforcing Sony’s commitment to integrity,
corporate governance, legal and regulatory compliance and ethical business
practices. In addition, we have set up the Sony Group Compliance Hotline, an
internal tool designed to provide each employee with a means of reporting any
perceived violation of law, regulation or internal company rule or policy, or to raise
concerns about any such matters.
Through our global network of Regional Compliance Offices, we are continually
working to strengthen our compliance system throughout the Sony Group.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Sony CSR Report 2005
Please refer to the Sony CSR Report for
full details of our CSR activities.
http://www.sony.net/csr/
Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes
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States), STOXX Limited (Switzerland) and the
SAM Group (Switzerland)
FTSE4Good Global 100 Index
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(United Kingdom) and London Stock Exchange plc joint
venture
Sony Group Compliance Network
Regional
Subsidiaries Subsidiaries in
the Americas
*1. Responsible for Japan, South Korea and Taiwan
*2. Responsible for Mainland China and Hong Kong
*3. Responsible for Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Oceania
Subsidiaries in
Europe
Subsidiaries in
Japan
*1 *2 *3
Subsidiaries in
East Asia
Subsidiaries in
Pan-Asia
Regional
Compliance
Offices
Americas
Compliance
Officer
Europe
Compliance
Officer
Japan
Compliance
Officer
East Asia
Compliance
Officer
Pan-Asia
Compliance
Officer
Corporate Executive Officer in Charge of Compliance
Compliance Office
Socially Responsible Investing
Sony’s efforts to be socially responsible are recognized worldwide with its inclusion in
such leading indices as the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (as of April 1, 2005).