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LRN to provide Roche with online education and training on ethics and compliance

LOS ANGELES, CA, May 27, 2003 -- LRN ® , The Legal Knowledge Company TM today announced that it has signed a three-year deal with Roche's U.S. pharmaceutical division to provide its employees with online training and education on issues of ethics and legal compliance. The program offered by the LRN Legal Compliance and Ethics Center (LCEC) ® , will complement existing training efforts established by Roche to ensure that employees remain up-to-date on legal and compliance issues related to the pharmaceuticals business. The training will also be used to further hone employee decision-making skills through courses on general ethics as well as issues specific to the pharmaceutical industry. In addition, LRN is creating a customized online course for Roche, based on the company's existing business practices, to help employees apply these practices to their daily business.

"Roche has a always placed a high value on ethics and ensuring that our company and employees live up to the highest social standards and practices," said Rick Kentz, III, vice president, secretary and general counsel, Law at Roche. "What LRN is offering, is another step in addressing this important issue so we can continue to ensure that everyone in our company understands the law as well as the ethics behind our business."

"The importance of reputational value and public trust and how that is a reflection of its culture is something every company should value," said Dov Seidman, C.E.O. of LRN. "These are key concepts for LRN and we believe more companies will embrace this approach to business." The LRN Legal Compliance and Ethics Center (LCEC) is the world's leading Web-based education solution providing a wide variety of courses on legal, ethics and compliance issues.

Through an interactive and entertaining tutorial, online handbook and other educational tools, LCEC helps employees learn how to identify and avoid ethical and legal risks. The courses are delivered through a web-based platform meaning no additional software is installed on customers' computers, which greatly reduces implementation time, maintenance costs and technology barriers. Additionally, updates and changes to the courses can be rolled out immediately to every user. LCEC also contains a disconnected learning feature, which allows employees in remote areas or those with less reliable access to the Internet to download the courses, complete them offline, and then upload them to the company.

 
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