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Do We Really Need an ISO Standard for Internal Investigations?

Do We Really Need an ISO Standard for Internal Investigations?

Call me a skeptic.  Call me cynical. I understand that the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) provides valuable standardization services and guidance.  The ISO is comprised of 169 member countries. The ISO recently issued a new standard governing internal investigations.  From my vantage point, I was a critic of ISO 37001, anti-corruption compliance,  because of its over-generalization and failure to provide more specific guidance on...

Should You Record Internal Investigation Interviews?

Should You Record Internal Investigation Interviews?

As a former federal prosecutor, I noticed a renewed discussion of the important question of whether witness interviews should be recorded (either audio or video). I have always found this issue to be interesting and have welcomed discussion of the pros and cons of recording witness interviews. In this era of focus on prosecutorial misconduct, the issue has taken on greater importance. For example, in...