LRN and The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity Form Partnership to Ask More College...

LRN and The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity Form Partnership to Ask More College Students to Reflect on Society's Most Urgent Ethical Issues

Partnership Supports The Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest
in the 20th Year of the Annual Competition and at a Time of Increased
Focus on Ethics in Education, Politics, Business and Society
NEW YORK & LOS ANGELES--(Business Wire)--
The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity and LRN today announced a
partnership that challenges more college students to reflect on
society's most urgent ethical issues. The organizations have partnered
to extend and expand The Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest at
a time of increased focus on the role of ethics in education,
politics, business and the global community.

The partnership also comes as the Foundation awards its 2008
winners and celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Prize.

"I can't think of a person whose life's work better stands as a
testament to the notion of living a principled life," said Dov
Seidman, CEO and chairman of LRN. "Elie Wiesel has dedicated himself
to the idea of defending and living by ethical principles and values
no matter how unpopular or dangerous. He has done so as a teacher, an
author, a Holocaust survivor and a human rights activist, inspiring
the very best from people and institutions. We are immensely proud to
join with him and the Foundation in engaging students to consider
ethical issues at the most intellectually formative time of their
lives."

"As a teacher, I appreciate that Dov Seidman and LRN are educators
helping people and institutions deal with ethical questions and make
the right decisions," said Elie Wiesel. "We are inspired by their
efforts, and together, we will look for new ways to engage students in
developing habits of ethical leadership."

As part of their partnership, LRN and the Elie Wiesel Foundation
for Humanity are pursuing more public dialogue on ethical matters of
importance to citizens, institutions and society at large. This
includes the enlistment of academic partners and student participants
and the sharing of their questions, rational arguments and
recommendations for ethical action with the general public.

"We live our lives in a world we can't fully control, which is why
character development means so much. By encouraging our young people
to develop the critical habits of thought and behavior necessary to
making good ethical judgments, we will perpetuate and extend both Elie
Wiesel's life's work and that of his Foundation. The Elie Wiesel Prize
in Ethics Essay Contest is the perfect forum in which to center this
dialogue," continued Seidman.

About The Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest

Since 1989, The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity has sponsored
the Prize in Ethics Essay Contest. This annual competition, open to
full-time juniors and seniors, is designed to challenge students to
analyze the urgent ethical issues confronting them in today's complex
world. Thousands of students from hundreds of universities across the
nation have participated over the years. This year marks a special
occasion as the Prize in Ethics Essay Contest celebrates its 20th
anniversary. For more information, visit
http://www.eliewieselfoundation.org/prizeinethics.aspx.

About The Elie Wiesel Foundation For Humanity

Elie Wiesel and his wife, Marion, established The Elie Wiesel
Foundation for Humanity soon after he was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize
for Peace. The Foundation's mission, rooted in the memory of the
Holocaust, is to combat indifference, intolerance and injustice
through international dialogue and youth-focused programs that promote
acceptance, understanding and equality. For more information, visit
www.eliewieselfoundation.org.

About LRN

LRN is the global leader in business ethics and compliance
management solutions, enabling companies to drive business performance
through values-based corporate cultures. The company provides
executive insights, management tools and workforce education that make
responsible conduct part of everyday business practice. LRN is the
trusted partner to leading businesses worldwide, including Disney, Dow
Chemical, eBay, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Raytheon and 3M.
Founded in 1994, the company operates in more than 120 countries with
headquarters in Los Angeles and offices in New York, London and
Mumbai. For more information, visit www.lrn.com.

LRN
Kathleen Brennan, 310-209-3890
kbrennan@lrn.com
or
The Elie Wiesel Foundation
Scarlet Cronin, 212-490-7788
scronin@eliewieselfoundation.org

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