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Company Editor

To submit a company record, please fill out the form below and copy-paste the company data into a new Issue on our github repo or email it to submissions@boikot.xyz . We will then add it to our database 🤝 please cite your sources!

names & stock ticker

sources

comment

ethical score

output company data

"rockstar": {
    "names": [
        "Rockstar",
        "Rockstar North",
        "Rockstar Games UK",
        "Rockstar Games"
    ],
    "comment": "Rockstar, a video game company, faced controversy over its poor working conditions and has acknowledged needing improvement while defending against allegations of deceptive practices in the Hot Coffee scandal investigation [1]. The House of Representatives voted to support a Federal Trade Commission probe into Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas amidst accusations of deceiving the Entertainment Software Ratings Board to avoid an \"Adults-Only\" rating [2].",
    "sources": {
        "1": "https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/oct/18/rockstar-games-working-conditions-red-dead-redemption-2-rob-nelson",
        "2": "https://www.gamespot.com/articles/house-backs-federal-investigation-of-rockstar-games/1100-6129723/"
    },
    "sourceNotes": {},
    "tags": [
        "video games",
        "poor working conditions"
    ],
    "score": 50,
    "ownedBy": [
        "take-two"
    ],
    "logoUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Rockstar_Games_Logo.svg",
    "siteUrl": "https://www.rockstargames.com/",
    "updatedAt": "2024-03-01T22:17:52.078Z"
},

Preview:

Rockstar

video games

50 😐

video games poor working conditions

Is Rockstar Ethical?

Rockstar, a video game company, faced controversy over its poor working conditions and has acknowledged needing improvement while defending against allegations of deceptive practices in the Hot Coffee scandal investigation ^[1]. The House of Representatives voted to support a Federal Trade Commission probe into Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas amidst accusations of deceiving the Entertainment Software Ratings Board to avoid an "Adults-Only" rating ^[2].

Rockstar is owned by take-two.