Press Releases Archive

ATLANTA, GA (October 27, 2006) ELI's Civil Treatment® for Employees online course was announced the winner of a Silver Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Award at an awards dinner held in Denver on October 24 as part of the 2006 Training Solutions Conference & Expo. The awards, which were determined by independent judges from 44 countries, showcase exceptional work in the use of technology to enhance learning. ELI developed the program with its technology partner Integrated Performance Systems (IPS).

ATLANTA, GA (October 18, 2006) Veteran civil rights attorney Julius Chambers and former Enron executive Lynn Brewer joined ELI's founder and president, Stephen M. Paskoff, Esq., as keynote speakers at the company's 20th Anniversary Conference in Atlanta this October. Playing off the conference's theme of "past, present, and future," the speakers gave participants an insider's view of historical events that have shaped the workplace and provided their thoughts on the skills companies need to develop in their employees going forward.

ATLANTA, GA (June 19, 2006) ELI president Stephen M. Paskoff, Esq., will present an encore of his Mega Session, “Teaching Big Shots to Behave,” at the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Annual Conference this June in Washington, DC. Paskoff will also present a new session entitled “Your Global Workplace Culture: Is it lost in translation?”

ATLANTA, GA (December 7, 2005) Joe Trueblood, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of ELI, announced this week the restructuring of several key areas of the company, including the establishment of a formal marketing department and the reorganization of the programming and technology functions.

ATLANTA, GA (October 5, 2005) ELI has updated its Just Doctors® training program addressing workplace behavioral issues involving physicians, researchers, and medical faculty. The program focuses on teamwork, professionalism, and leadership skills as well as the consequences of inappropriate behavior in the healthcare workplace.

ATLANTA, GA (July 18, 2005) - ELI expands its Civil Treatment® series of programs with the release of CT Impact®: Focus on Sexual Harassment Prevention. Available in classroom, online, and interactive webcast versions, the two-hour program reinforces key concepts introduced in the foundational Civil Treatment for Managers course while focusing specifically on a manager's responsibility to prevent, detect, and correct workplace harassment.

ATLANTA, GA (April 25, 2005) - With a new classroom program targeting employee audiences, ELI expands its capabilities to help organizations communicate code of conduct expectations and promote ethical business practices at every level. ValuEthics® for Employees, the latest offering in ELI's ValuEthics series of programs, is an instructor-led course focusing on changing employee behavior to operationalize company values and minimize risk.

ATLANTA, GA (March 8, 2005) - In the wake of Boeing CEO Harry Stonecipher's resignation over a relationship with a female executive, ELI president Stephen M. Paskoff, Esq. says corporate leaders need to take a closer look at their own conduct. The higher up in the organization questionable behavior occurs, the more likely it will be viewed as representative of the organization's standards. While many leaders are communicating codes of conduct to their employees, they must recognize that their own behavior is subject to even greater scrutiny.

ATLANTA, GA (November 10, 2004) - ELI is working with organizations to help them meet requirements outlined in a new California law mandating anti-harassment training. Under this statute, organizations with 50 or more employees must provide "at least two hours of classroom or other effective interactive training" to individuals with supervisory authority.

ELI Online Ethics Program Complements ValuEthics in the Classroom

 ATLANTA, GA (September 29, 2004) - ELI announces the release of a new online program to help organizations communicate code of conduct expectations and build skills that promote ethical business practices at every level. Like its classroom-based counterpart, ValuEthics for Managers Online focuses on changing workplace behaviors to operationalize company values and minimize risk.

ATLANTA, GA (August 11, 2004) - The workplace bully. The pitiless tyrant. The rainmaker. The no-rules ruler. These are some of the corporate big shots that, according to Stephen M. Paskoff, Esq., president of ELI, cause problems in workplaces everyday. Their behavior, when left unchecked, can lower productivity, destroy morale, and lead to devastating legal and business costs.

Leadership Commitment, Cultural Integration Seen as Key Elements of Effective Compliance Programs

ATLANTA, GA (May 13, 2004) - On May 13th business leaders from a variety of industries gathered at a Roundtable event hosted by ELI to discuss the proposed amendments to the United States Sentencing Guidelines and share insights into how their organizations are structuring ethics and compliance programs to minimize risk and ensure effectiveness.

Amendments Will Impact Organizational Compliance Efforts

ATLANTA, GA (March 1, 2004) - In the wake of recent corporate scandals involving fraud, abuse, and ethical misconduct, the United States Sentencing Committee (USSC) has proposed several amendments to its sentencing guidelines. These guidelines provide a roadmap that will help organizations build ethical operations while minimizing the risk of litigation, negative publicity, and corporate catastrophe.

New Channel Brings the ELI Classroom Experience to the Desktop

ATLANTA, GA (March 1, 2004) - ELI®, Inc. announces the introduction of interactive webcasting as a new delivery channel for its award-winning workplace learning solutions.

Perennial Favorite Tapped to Deliver Mega Session and Concurrent Session in 2004

ATLANTA, GA (December 19, 2003) - Stephen M. Paskoff, Esq., founder and President of ELI®, Inc., has been selected to present both a Mega Session and a Concurrent Session at the 2004 Annual Conference of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), to be held in New Orleans June 27-30. Steve will also be at the SHRM store after his 6/29, 10:30 session to sign copies of his new book: Teaching Big Shots to Behave and Other Human Resource Challenges.

Updates Feature DVDs, New Exercises, Streamlined Facilitation

ATLANTA, GA (September 26, 2003) - ELI announces the release of revised versions of its flagship Civil Treatment for Managers (CT/M) and Civil Treatment for Employees (CT/E) classroom learning programs.

ATLANTA, GA (August 16, 2003) - Stephen M. Paskoff, Esq., founder and President of Atlanta-based ELI®, Inc., has been appointed Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association's (ABA's) newly established Compliance Training and Communication subcommittee. An ad hoc committee of the ABA's Corporate Compliance Committee, it will explore best practices in training methodology as well as overall strategies for implementing learning and communication plans to maintain corporate compliance. John Fons, President of Lawserve, will chair this new subcommittee. 

Business Ethics Training Program Helps Companies Translate Code of Conduct into Everyday Business Behaviors

ATLANTA, GA (March 1, 2003) - ELI, Inc. announces the release of the newest addition to its curriculum of award-winning learning solutions, ValuEthics: Code, Conduct, Compliance.

Blended Learning Opportunities to be Further Enhanced

Atlanta, GA (June 20, 2002) - ELI is pleased to announce its new agreement with Thomson Learning, a global provider of e-learning solutions for individuals, businesses, and academic institutions. The partnership will result in unique, multi-formatted courses, providing blended learning access to ELI courses from the Internet, corporate Intranets, and CD-ROMs, as well as from traditional instructor-led training (ILT).

Program provides new tools to modify workplace behavior in response to dramatic rise in discrimination as reported by EEOC

APRIL 26, 2002 - ELI today announced the launch of Civil Treatment Connections, a new addition to its award-winning Civil Treatment curriculum. CT Connections extends ELI's Civil Treatment for Managers (CT/M) program to address the new workplace challenges confronting managers in the aftermath of 9/11, including the rise in discrimination charges based on national origin and/or religion, military duty issues and security concerns.

ATLANTA - (BUSINESS WIRE) - November 20, 2001 - As the nation recovers from the events of September, the media is exploring the changes wrought by the attacks on Americans' everyday activities. Recently, CNBC and USA Today turned to Stephen Paskoff, ELI's president, for an analysis of how recent events have affected the workplace.

Atlanta, GA (June 26, 2001) - ELI recently received the prestigious Silver AXIEM award for its Civil Treatment for Managers online program. Civil Treatment for Managers uses an interactive and experiential design to give managers the training and the tools they need to manage fairly and legally in today's challenging workplace. The AXIEM AWARDS is an international competition that recognizes Absolute eXcellence In Electronic Media. Nearly 1600 entries were received for the 2001 competition.

Atlanta GA (May 18, 2001) - ELI recently received the prestigious Golden Reel award for its Civil Treatment for Managers online program at the Media Communications Association 33rd Annual Festival of Awards in Media Excellence (AiME).

Civil Treatment for Managers Now Available in CD-ROM and Intranet Versions

Atlanta, GA (March 13, 2001) - Today announced the release of state-of-the-art, electronic versions of its award winning Civil Treatment for Managers program. ELI has made this new self-study version of its popular employment law training program available in CD-ROM and Intranet versions. Using these new versions of ELI's course, companies can implement critical compliance training faster while reducing the time managers spend away from their jobs. These electronic versions also provide an ongoing resource for review as well as a helpful reference tool on workplace compliance issues.

Atlanta, GA (February 29, 2000) - ELI^®, the leader in workplace legal training, today released a new version of Just Doctors^®, a training program for healthcare practitioners, as well as re-released the healthcare version of their highly acclaimed Civil Treatment for Managers. These programs address preventive behaviors for healthcare providers that help to avoid legal risks in areas such as sexual harassment, abusive behavior, hiring, termination, and discrimination.

Atlanta, GA (October 28, 1999) - ELI® was recently honored with the prestigious Gold Award from the Georgia International Television Association (ITVA) for its program, Banking on FairnessTM. The award was presented at the annual Georgia Video Festival.

ATLANTA (September 14, 1999) - Human Resource Executive Magazine selected the Civil Treatment series from ELI as one of the top ten training products of 1999. HR Executive chose the workplace legal training product over dozens of competitors and will feature it in the magazine's September issue.

Atlanta GA, (March 23, 1999) - ELI, the leader in workplace legal training, today announced enhanced versions of two award-winning training programs: Civil Treatment for Managers and Civil Treatment for Employees. ELI's new programs make it easy for organizations to take preventive action to avoid legal risks in such areas as sexual harassment, hiring, termination, discrimination and more.