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Internal investigations in private and public organizations serve important functions in society. They allow entities to discover misbehavior within management, make corrections, and define future conduct to assure compliance with laws, regulations, policies, and guidelines. Private investigations offer organizational solutions to business problems while providing an incentive to corporations and public authorities to unmask misconduct.
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Gottschalk, P. (2018). Private Internal Investigations. In: Investigating White-Collar Crime. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68916-6_4
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