A leading company. A company of ethical leaders.

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We believe enduring success is achieved through inspired, ethical leadership – regardless of tenure, job function or position in an organizational chart. Over time, ethical leadership shapes a culture that governs itself according to shared corporate values. The LRN Leadership Framework defines, galvanizes and unifies our culture, inspiring and informing our conduct whether we're collaborating with colleagues or partnering with clients.

The LRN Leadership Framework is an interconnected, mutually reinforcing set of principles that reflects the multifaceted quality of ethical leadership. It is a living constitution that brings our core values to life – guiding our everyday business decisions and actions, and allowing us to consider our conduct in a broader, more-reflective context that supports our long-term evolution and journey as an institution.

Our Framework infuses our culture with a consciousness and commitment to lawful and ethical conduct across everything we do. The attributes promoted in the Framework originate from qualities that are deeply rooted in our culture as well as ones that we wish to nurture in the organization. Our core values are at the center of the LRN Leadership Framework:

Humility: We believe that achieving sustained excellence is predicated on humility, which enables us to collaborate, self-evaluate and reinvent. We believe that pursuing humility leads to strength, not weakness. No matter what standards we achieve or how much pride we take in what we do, arrogance is not for us.

Integrity: We believe that acting with integrity, according to ethical principles and shared corporate values is the ultimate driver of productivity and performance. For us, integrity is the steady application of our code of conduct. It is the ongoing, consistent demonstration of our values throughout our organizational life.

Passion: We believe that success arises out of the passionate pursuit of a meaningful and significant goal. We are intensely committed to our mission here, and we pursue that mission with unwavering energy and conviction.

Truth: We believe truth is the foundation for trust, and trust propels productivity and progress. Nothing is worth pursuing if its pursuit is not truthful or authentic.

Active engagement with LRN Leadership Framework deepens our understanding of the significance of the LRN mission and furthers our ability to help companies engage their people in shared responsibility for shaping a culture that inspires principled performance.


“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle


Our mantra is: "say what you mean, mean what you say, and always follow through." It is an article of faith with us that all of our relationships, both internal and external, should be governed by integrity and truthfulness. We expect people at every level of this company, at all times, to demonstrate these values in their speech and actions.

 

 

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Aegon
Aleris International
Altria
Anadarko Petroleum
Aon Corporation
Assurant
BMC Software
Canon USA
CBS Corporation
Churchill Downs
CIT Group
El Paso Corporation
Estee Lauder Companies
InBev
ITT Corporation
Johnson Controls
Loews Corporation
Merck
NEC Electronics America, Inc.
Owens Corning Sales
Pfizer
Red Hat, Inc.
Rolls-Royce
Tesoro Corporation
The J.M. Smucker Company
Toll Brothers, Inc.
Toshiba American
  Business Solutions
Trump Entertainment Resorts
Unilever Plc
Viacom
Warner Music Group
Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.