Summary: Dorsey partner Roy Ginsburg discusses in Business Law Today appropriate strategies for managing workplace misconduct investigations. The subject matter of these investigations is diverse, encompassing sexual harassment, discrimination, embezzlement, information posted about a company on a blog, employee theft, workplace violence, drug or alcohol use, and numerous other issues.
Ginsburg argues that a thoughtful and principled investigatory approach will help ensure that companies avoid ad hoc and inconsistent decisions that exacerbate rather than alleviate the underlying problems. To this end, he provides a comprehensive 10-step checklist intended to facilitate the investigative process, regardless of the subject matter under investigation.
"Conducting Investigations of Wrongful Workplace Conduct" was published by Business Law Today, May 2008. Republished with permission.