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Samsung USA vs Sony USA

On overall TruNorth grade, Samsung USA scores higher (Samsung USA: C, Sony USA: D). Both graded from public records across nine values categories.

C
Samsung USA
46.7/100
D
Sony USA
42.4/100

Political donations

Samsung USA

FEC: $828K in executive political donations; partisan lean Democratic +49 across 24 executive donors.

Sony USA

No public record found.

Environment

Samsung USA

environmental violation: $40K in federal penalties (Violation Tracker).

Sony USA

Climate-commitment coalition member: RE100 (since 2018; target 2030) and We Mean Business Coalition (since 2018). 100% renewable electricity across all sites by 2030.

Labor

Samsung USA

4 federal penalties totaling $1.1M since 2000 (Violation Tracker). Supply-chain signals: KnowTheChain 55/100; CHRB 15.2/26; TVPRA exposure; UK MS statement.

Sony USA

34 federal penalties totaling $230.8M since 2000 (Violation Tracker).

DEI

Samsung USA

No public record found.

Sony USA

No public record found.

Charity

Samsung USA

No public record found.

Sony USA

No public record found.

Animal testing

Samsung USA

No public record found.

Sony USA

No public record found.

Firearms

Samsung USA

No public record found.

Sony USA

No public record found.

Privacy

Samsung USA

CISA Known Exploited Vulns: 15 CVEs on record (3 in past 12mo); affected products include Mobile Devices, MagicINFO 9 Server.

Sony USA

Terms-of-service privacy grade D (poor) via ToS;DR (tosdr.org), CC BY-SA 3.0 — transformed to TruNorth's scale.

Executive pay

Samsung USA

No public record found.

Sony USA

No public record found.

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