Mireille Mortimer

This program is intended for beginners and provides an overview of what a thorough and proper investigation looks like. We will review investigation basics, such that participants will leave with the ability to issue spot and identify areas where further attention is required, either with respect to their own training or in the course of conducting an investigation. We will cover: - how to organize and plan the investigation, identifying potential sources of evidence, conducting interviews, assessing credibility, and report drafting.

This program is intended for beginner and intermediate investigators. We will review a number of misconceptions respecting workplace investigations, including: - the proper standard of proof - what to do about he said/she said complaints - whether it is okay to make a an inconclusive finding - whether credibility refers to lying - uses to which an investigation report can be used and whether you have to prove it again And more.

This program is intended for advanced investigators who have previously conducted and written investigation reports. We will review the meaning of credibility, how to properly assess the reliability of evidence, oral or otherwise, and how to weigh evidence to make findings of fact, including, - objective versus subjective evidence - direct versus indirect evidence - circumstantial evidence - how much weight to attribute to evidence - how to pull all the evidence together to reach your findings of fact, etc.