Documentation and Investigative Report Writing

Why Should You Attend:

Investigative reports are often read by adversaries and not necessarily only internally within the organization. It is important that reports as an overview of the investigation show a logical factual representation of actions and decisions.

This presentation will guide anyone who performs workplace investigations to write their findings in a report such that it becomes a written presentation of the information discovered in their investigation. We will explain how the report used to document and communicate information to its readers can be of as high a quality as the investigation itself. At the end of this training, you would have gained the understanding needed to be able to write an investigative report that factually represents all facets of an investigation and shows that an employer took appropriate investigatory steps and made good decisions based on the information they discovered.

Learning Objectives:

Learn how to write a factual, solid, representative report of an internal investigation that will withstand scrutiny and provide appropriate information to decision makers.

Areas Covered in the Seminar:

1. Format of a report.
2. What should be included in a report and as importantly - what should not.
3. Style for report writing.
4. Writing of allegation(s).
5. What to do with evidence.
6. What goes in a witness summary in the report and what does not.
7. Writing of your final determinations.
   1. What to do with partially substantiated allegation(s).
8. Why the report summary is written last.
9. Tips for proofing and analyze your own final report.
10. Report writing mistakes.
11. Characteristics of a good report.