Violation Tracker Parent Company Summary
Parent Company Name:
Sony
Ownership Structure:
publicly traded (ticker symbol SNE)
Headquartered in:
Japan
Major Industry:
electrical and electronic equipment
Specific Industry:
consumer electronics
Penalty total since 2000:
$124,997,627
Number of records:
26
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
|---|---|---|
| competition-related offenses | $80,000,000 | 4 |
| employment-related offenses | $29,655,000 | 7 |
| consumer-protection-related offenses | $15,250,000 | 8 |
| safety-related offenses | $87,627 | 6 |
| environment-related offenses | $5,000 | 1 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
|---|---|---|
| price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | $70,000,000 | 3 |
| wage and hour violation | $29,550,000 | 5 |
| consumer protection violation | $10,350,000 | 6 |
| kickbacks and bribery | $10,000,000 | 1 |
| privacy violation | $4,500,000 | 1 |
Notes:
Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.
Links:
Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found here.
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case.
| Company | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency |
Penalty Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bertelsmann Music Group Inc. | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | MULTI-AG | $27,775,000 |
| Sony Music Entertainment Inc. | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | MULTI-AG | $27,225,000 |
| EMI Music Distribution | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | MULTI-AG | $15,000,000 |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment | kickbacks and bribery | 2005 | NY-AG | $10,000,000 |
| Sony Computer Entertainment | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-state | $8,500,000 |
| BMG Songs, Careers-BMG Music Publishing and BMG Music | wage and hour violation | 2004 | NY-AG | $7,000,000 |
| EMI Music Publishing and EMI Music North America | wage and hour violation | 2004 | NY-AG | $7,000,000 |
| SONY Music Entertainment and Sony ATV Music Publishing | wage and hour violation | 2004 | NY-AG | $7,000,000 |
| Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. | privacy violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,500,000 |
| Sony BMG | consumer protection violation | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $4,250,000 |
| EMI Music North America | consumer protection violation | 2006 | NY-AG | $3,750,000 |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment | consumer protection violation | 2008 | FTC | $1,000,000 |
| SONY BMG Music Entertainment | consumer protection violation | 2006 | CA-AG | $750,000 |
| Sony Mobile Communications | telecommunications violation | 2014 | FCC | $400,000 |
| Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2002 | CT-AG | $325,000 |
| Sony | consumer protection violation | 2011 | CA-MULTI | $275,000 |
| Sony Electronics, Inc. | employment discrimination | 2014 | EEOC | $85,000 |
| Sony Pictures Entertainment | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000 |
| TRISTAR PRODUCTIONS, INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2018 | OSHA | $26,520 |
| COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES INC | workplace safety or health violation | 2001 | OSHA | $25,680 |
| Sony Music Holdings, Inc. | employment discrimination | 2010 | NJ-AG | $20,000 |
| COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES INC | workplace safety or health violation | 2001 | OSHA | $18,215 |
| EMI MUSIC DISTRIBUTION | workplace safety or health violation | 2001 | OSHA | $6,225 |
| SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT | workplace safety or health violation | 2001 | OSHA | $5,987 |
| SONY ELECTRONICS, INC. | environmental violation | 2000 | EPA | $5,000 |
| COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2018 | OSHA | $5,000 |
