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NATIONAL CORPORATE ETHICS AND LEGAL COMPLIANCE EXPERT DOV SEIDMAN SPEAKS ON ETHICAL CAPITALISM AT LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY

Community Members Welcome To Attend February 19 Event

February 4, 2004 -- National ethics and legal expert Dov Seidman, founder and CEO of LRN, the foremost provider of legal compliance, corporate governance and ethics management systems to Fortune 1000 companies, will visit Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles to discuss ?Ethical Capitalism? on Feb. 19, at 12 pm in Hilton 100.

The lecture will focus on Seidman's imperative: Not business ethics, but just ethics," covering the profound union between ethics and capitalism, the impact of technology on corporate transparency, and how ethical probity creates and sustains strong corporate cultures and enduring reputations. The speech is open to the public free of charge.

Seidman is a nationally recognized ethicist, a leading expert in the practical application of ethical principles and a frequent speaker and commentator on ethics and governance in corporate America. Dov delivered the 2002 keynote address, "Do the Right Thing" at UCLA?s university-wide commencement ceremony. He founded LRN in 1993 initially to provide legal knowledge research. Today, the company serves many leading Fortune 1000 companies worldwide, providing online educational programs in legal, compliance and ethics, along with additional tools and management solutions. More recently, Seidman and his company partnered with a group of Fortune 100 customers to jointly develop a management system on corporate governance.

Seidman?s former legal experience includes work for the U.S. State Department and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, as well as the law firms O'Melveny & Myers, Arnold & Porter, and Steptoe & Johnson. A 1992 cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School and 1987 summa cum laude graduate of UCLA, Seidman also earned a M.A. with honors from Oxford University, where he was a Newton-Tatum scholar.

LRN is a leading developer and distributor of ethics, corporate governance and legal compliance management and education systems. The company provides interactive and entertaining online courses with related program management tools and services to companies worldwide, including: The Dow Chemical Company, DuPont, Ford Motor Company, MetLife, Pfizer and Raytheon. For more information, visit www.lrn.com

For more information, contact Thomas White, Hilton Professor of Business Ethics, at 310.338.4523.

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