It is reported that Sony interactive entertainment (SIE) CEO's reproductive rights claim has been criticized by employees. Now the company's studio plans to donate to the abortion fund. Last week, Sie CEO Jim Ryan sent an email to employees urging them to "respect different opinions" on the topic. The Supreme Court's draft had previously been leaked, covering the overthrow of Rowe v. Wade, which had legalized abortion in the United States.
"Respect doesn't mean consent," Jim Ryan said, according to Bloomberg "But as a company and a valuable global brand, this is crucial to our identity."
Jim Ryan's statement, as well as several detailed comments in his email that later turned the topic to his pet cat's birthday, angered many Playstation employees, including those of SIE's first-party studio, insomniac games, the developer of Marvel spider man, which plans to donate $50000 to the female reproductive rights assistance project.
The message came from an internal email sent by insomniac CEO Ted price. It is reported that Sony provides corresponding donations, and the employees of the studio can also make personal donations through the company's "Playstation cares" project.
Price said that insomniac sent a "nearly 60 page" document to hermen hulst, the boss of Playstation studio, in which many employees called on the company to "take better care of the directly affected employees".
It is reported that Sie is currently planning to cooperate with insomniac to establish a plan to provide financial assistance to employees who have to go abroad for reproductive health care.
However, price said that Playstation would not allow any studio to make public comments on reproductive rights.
He said that if insomniac chooses to go against Sony's wishes, "as its wholly-owned subsidiary, we will be greatly affected." "And doing so will make it more unlikely that it plans to change the view of SIE, and may lead to the studio" being strictly limited in its important public facing work in the future ".
"Sie won't agree with any studio statement about reproductive rights. We've been fighting for a long time, but we didn't win," price said