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The Network Wins Stevie® Award in 6th Annual American Business Awards

Norcross, GA – July 1, 2008

The Network, a technology-based company providing hotline, insurance claim reporting and employee communication services to nearly half the Fortune 500, announced today its recently earned Stevie Award for Interactive Media Professional Education from The 2008 American Business Awards. The Network won for the creation of a hosted Flash module focused on ethics in the workplace.

Entitled “Ethics Idol,” the award-winning interactive educational Flash module utilizes a pop-culture, reality show format to engage employees in the decisions they may make around ethical behavior in the workplace. Ethics Idol was developed by The Network’s creative agency for the workplace, mPower Communications, for their client, Cisco Systems, Inc. (Cisco). Ethics Idol was featured on Cisco Intranet and contained a series of animated ethics scenarios that were evaluated by judges. Employees also voted throughout this process to make their own judgment calls on each ethical situation.

“Our organization specializes in building employee awareness as part of a well-planned ethics and compliance education program. The national recognition for creating an engaging and compelling medium for ethics and compliance is a huge honor,” said Tony Malone, CEO of The Network. “With Ethics Idol, the amazingly creative talents of our in-house graphic design team helped raise awareness of ethics and compliance.”

“Although the Stevie Award is a tremendous honor, this recognition is icing on the cake from a hugely successful ethics initiative to our employees," said Jeremy Wilson, manager of the ethics office at Cisco. "Ethics Idol helped raise awareness to Cisco's employees that each ethical dilemma is not always cut and dry, and if they should have any questions to refer to the Cisco Code of Business Conduct for guidance."

The awards were presented during ceremonies at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. The ceremonies were hosted by Cheryl Casone of Fox Business Network and broadcast nationwide on radio by the Business TalkRadio Network.

Stevie Awards were presented in more than 40 categories including Best Overall Company, Best Executive and Best Corporate Social Responsibility Program. More than 2,600 entries from companies of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration.

Members of the Awards' Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors and their staffs selected Stevie winners from among the Finalists. Finalists were chosen by business professionals nationwide during preliminary judging in April and May.

Details about The American Business Awards and the list of Finalists and Stevie Award winners are available at www.stevieawards.com/aba. For more information about mPower Communications, please visit www.mpowercommunications.net. For more information about The Network’s ethics and risk management services, please visit www.tnwinc.com/services.aspx.

About The Network, Inc.

The Network, Inc. has helped clients collect information and address critical issues such as ethics, risk management and critical incident reporting for more than 25 years. The company provides global services such as hotlines, insurance claim reporting and employee communications to thousands of organizations spanning every industry, including nearly 50 percent of the Fortune 500. For more information, visit www.tnwinc.com.

About The Stevie Awards

Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, The Stevie Awards for Women in Business and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Honoring companies of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in business worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at www.stevieawards.com.

Global Sponsor of the 2008 Stevie Awards is Dow Jones. Supporting sponsors of The 2008 American Business Awards include FIS Softpro, High Performance Technologies Inc., John Hancock, RCN Corporation, Richardson and Ultimate Software. Media sponsors include the Business TalkRadio Network, CRM Advocate and Human Resource Executive.
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