LRN and EthicsPoint expand partnership to deliver first end-to-end
solution for ethics and compliance management

LOS ANGELES, CA and PORTLAND, OR – June 6, 2007 – LRN, a leading provider of ethics and compliance solutions, and EthicsPoint, a leader in Issue, Event, and Loss Management solutions for the Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) marketplace, today announced an expanded partnership to deliver the first complete, end-to-end solution for companies seeking a holistic approach to managing their ethics and compliance processes. 

LRN and EthicsPoint offer a turn-key approach that integrates the often separate ethics and compliance systems and programs that companies have put in place to meet regulatory requirements. By unifying their core offerings, LRN and EthicsPoint provide greater efficiency and effectiveness for companies that define, prevent, detect and respond to ethics and compliance risks.

Richard Hazell, Corporate Code Officer at Unilever, said, “The service provided by these two companies is helping us bring a new level of operational effectiveness to our ethics and compliance efforts. Rather than using multiple spreadsheets, manual processes and different systems to manage our data, we now have a single, integrated, automated system that gives us the insights we need to make better business decisions.”

The LRN and EthicsPoint partnership began in 2004. Together, the companies delivered the first unified solution for an organization’s workforce by integrating the EthicsPoint anonymous employee helpline with LRN’s online education and certification offerings.   With this new, extended agreement, LRN and EthicsPoint will further integrate their solutions, including the addition of EthicsPoint’s Enterprise Incident Manger (EIM) into LRN’s integrated suite targeted to those responsible for managing ethics and compliance initiatives. 

“We are committed to the vision of an integrated process approach to managing ethics and compliance,” said Jim Blackie, vice president of sales at LRN.  “Our partnership with EthicsPoint represents our dedication to delivering best-in-class solutions by partnering with an industry leader whose technology can complement our own offerings.”

Under the terms of the agreement, the companies are also coordinating marketing, sales and service capabilities to deliver the solution to companies globally. 

“EthicsPoint is pleased to be able to advance our partnership with LRN, extending it into a collaboration to provide a new era of dynamic, integrated Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) solutions,” said David Childers, president and CEO of EthicsPoint.

About EthicsPoint
EthicsPoint is the market leader in business process optimization for Issue, Event, and Loss Management. We provide a robust, on-demand, single-platform workflow solution that leverages our industry-leading global hotline and report management system. Our comprehensive solution can cost-efficiently integrate detached, localized activities or provide immediate point solution benefits. The EthicsPoint solution is used by over 1,400 clients in a variety of industries worldwide to incorporate compliance initiatives and business process management via a “pay as you grow,” Software-as-a-Service delivery model. For more information, visit www.ethicspoint.com.

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