Online Exclusive: Learn how to maintain objectivity in self-investigations
The corporate internal investigation has become increasingly commonplace since the post-Enron days, when Sarbanes-Oxley made good corporate governance a mandate. At the same time, government agencies and prosecutors have come to rely on self-investigations to carry out costly, intensive company probes. The Washington Post recently reported that an internal investigation into global bribery cost Siemens around $950 million—almost triple the budget of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) entire enforcement division at the time the case was resolved in 2008.
