LRN launches Catalyst Voice to help organizations connect hotline reporting to action

New solution integrates AI-assisted reporting and case management into the LRN Catalyst platform, helping organizations reduce barriers to speaking up, respond more effectively to emerging risk and strengthen ethical culture 

NEW YORK, NY – September 23, 2026 – LRN Corporation, a global leader in ethics and compliance solutions, today announced the launch of Catalyst Voice, an AI-enabled employee reporting and case management solution designed for organizations to build strong speak-up cultures and identify workplace risks before they escalate into larger legal, reputational, or business issues.

Unlike traditional hotline-based systems that employees often perceive as intimidating or difficult to use, Catalyst Voice provides a more accessible, digital-first experience for raising concerns while giving ethics and compliance teams a more effective way to manage, investigate, and address incidents. Built natively into LRN's Catalyst platform, Catalyst Voice removes traditional barriers to reporting concerns through interactive and practical employee guidance designed to explain why speaking up matters, address common fears, reinforce available channels, and clarify what employees can expect after raising a concern.

“Catalyst Voice reflects what has always made LRN unique: our belief that strong ethics and compliance programs are a result of more than just good processes, they are achieved when cultures are understood, measured, and strengthened.” said Bob Lemmond, CEO of LRN. “For over 30 years, we have helped organizations build ethical cultures by listening to employees, measuring what matters, and turning insight into action. Now we have embedded that expertise into an AI-enabled platform that connects speak-up activity with education, policy, case management, culture measurement, and other program data. Through Catalyst Voice, organizations can do more than capture reports after problems surface; they can listen earlier, understand risk in context, and act before small issues become larger crises.”

Creating a culture where employees feel safe speaking up is one of the strongest indicators of an effective ethics and compliance program. LRN's research has found that while employees across organizations observe misconduct at similar rates, those working in organizations with the strongest ethical cultures report concerns 93% of the time. At the same time, LRN's latest research, The 2026 Code of Conduct Report: The Culture Behind The Code, Turning Standards into Everyday Decisions found that one-third of employees lack confidence that they can report misconduct without fear of retaliation.

Catalyst Voice addresses the common challenges faced by ethics and compliance leaders seeking to create trusted reporting experiences and more effective management processes. Through connected reporting data and broader ethics and compliance program insights, organizations can quickly identify patterns and root causes of misconduct, allowing them to take corrective action faster. Key features include:

• AI-assisted multilingual intake and translation that guides reporters through the process of raising a concern, making reporting more accurate and accessible across global workforces while keeping investigations and decisions human-led
• Guided, web-based reporting channels for employees, with anonymous and identified reporting options, designed to reduce friction when employees are ready to speak up
• Configurable case management workflows that streamline the investigation process, supporting case assignment, collaboration, two-way communication, role-based administration and fail-safe audit history

About LRN: Inspiring Principled Performance

Since 1994, LRN has been a trusted partner to organizations committed to operating at the highest standards of ethics, responsibility, and performance. Today, more than 2,500 organizations around the world, and their people, rely on LRN’s AI-powered ethics and compliance platform, education, analytics, and expert advisory services to navigate an increasingly complex legal and regulatory landscape and foster ethical cultures. By helping organizations embed ethics and compliance into everyday practices and decision-making, LRN enables organizations to build trust, reduce risk, and create lasting competitive advantage through principled performance. Learn more at www.lrn.com.

Catalyst Policy was shaped by LRN’s work with clients navigating the complexities of global policy governance, including insights from close collaboration with Howden Group, a global insurance intermediary. By combining Howden’s experience in building effective compliance

programs and high-performing ethical cultures, Catalyst Policy was designed to address the realities of policy governance at global scale.

"Effective policy lifecycle management is essential to our ability to reduce risk, meet regulatory obligations, and ensure our employees understand and act on our expectations for workplace conduct," said Ian Jacob, Group Head of Compliance at Howden Group. "We struggled to find a solution amongst many providers that went beyond a simple repository and put our governance needs first to support top-to-bottom control of policies. Having recently partnered with LRN to deliver a Groupwide training platform and Groupwide conflicts reporting that was recently recognized in the 2026 Brandon Hall Awards, it was a natural step to help them develop Catalyst Policy. It is a strong natural fit for their existing expertise and capability."

Organizations are facing unprecedented policy complexity as regulatory requirements, business risks and the need for rapid and ongoing deployment of AI-related policies and governance, continue to expand. Boards, regulators, and auditors increasingly expect clear evidence of oversight, accountability, and audit readiness, not just proof that policies have been published. As a result, organizations are looking for more integrated approaches that connect policy governance with measurable outcomes.

Catalyst Policy allows organizations to move beyond fragmented repositories, manual review tracking, cumbersome translation workflows, and orphaned policies to a connected enterprise-wide model for policy governance. Catalyst Policy provides unique functionality including:

• In-platform redlining and track changes, including AI-assisted translations with human review
• Scoped external auditor/reviewer access to reduce manual file sharing outside the enterprise
• Evergreen links and a single immutable repository to meet audit requirements
• Native connection to attestations, training, and policy access in LRN’s Catalyst platform

By connecting policy governance with education, analytics, and behavioral insight in a single platform and experience, Catalyst Policy strengthens controls, improves operational efficiency, reduces risk, and ultimately, fosters high-performing ethical cultures that endure.

“The best solutions begin by listening to the organizations facing these challenges every day,” said Bob Lemmond, CEO, LRN. “Howden’s practical experience was instrumental in shaping Catalyst Policy and helping us create a solution grounded in the real-world needs of global ethics and compliance teams. Together, we are advancing what’s possible, by helping organizations move beyond simply managing policies to strengthening governance, enabling better understanding and driving better behavior. We are grateful to Howden for their partnership and for placing their trust in LRN.”

LRN's research on ethics and compliance program effectiveness consistently shows that high-impact programs integrate data and analytics from across ethics and compliance initiatives into day-to-day management. Catalyst Policy advances LRN’s vision of helping organizations build more effective ethics and compliance programs and high-performing ethical cultures through connected governance, behavioral insight, and data-driven intelligence.

About LRN: Inspiring Principled Performance

Since 1994, LRN has been a trusted partner to organizations committed to operating at the highest standards of ethics, responsibility, and performance. Today, more than 2,500 organizations around the world, and their people, rely on LRN’s AI-powered ethics and compliance platform, education, analytics, and expert advisory services to navigate an increasingly complex legal and regulatory landscape and foster ethical cultures. By helping organizations embed ethics and compliance into everyday practices and decision-making, LRN enables organizations to build trust, reduce risk, and create lasting competitive advantage through principled performance. Learn more at www.lrn.com.