At Sony Electronics, our diversity programs and employee networks help foster diversity within the company. They encourage and promote professional development and leadership skills, career performance, community development, and most importantly, working together across disciplines to create a unified vision.

Management Development Program

Based on business needs, Sony offers a 24-month rotation program with assignments that provide challenging and meaningful work in various career areas including sales, marketing, finance, broadcast and professional services. Through each assignment, our employees will receive a managerial level mentorship, coursework and lifelong career skills. Assignments are rotational within the specified discipline with the majority of tracks offering one or more rotations outside of the discipline.

Employee Network Groups

At Sony Electronics, our employee networks are designed to foster greater diversity within the company. Each network encourages professional development, career training and improved teamwork across department and work groups.

• Women of Action, Vision and Empowerment (WAVE)
• Sony Employees of the African Diaspora (SEAD)
• GEN SONY
• Sony Asian Network Group (SANG)
• CORE Hispanic Sony Professional Alliance (CHiSPA)

Diversity Training

Sony provides learning opportunities for our employees to increase their level of awareness and develop the cross-cultural skills of our workforce. Whether working with our diverse employees and partners in the US or with our multi-national colleagues, our training is designed to increase the diversity and inclusion competencies of our employees, managers and executives.

Courses provided include:

• Bridging Differences in a Multi Cultural Work Environment
• Working Effectively with Japanese Colleagues

Partnerships

We are proud to have strong partnerships with diverse organizations both nationally and in local communities where we have a regional presence, including:

• National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME)
• National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA)
• National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
• National Society of Hispanic MBA's (NSHMBA)
• National Urban League (NUL)
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
• Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
• Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA)
• ATHENA
• YMCA of San Diego County
• Women Unlimited
• Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego
• Filipino American Lawyers of San Diego
• La Raza Lawyers of San Diego