(Chapter 24)METHODOLOGY AND ETHICS OF INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES-DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

摘要

The techniques, ethics, and legal considerations associated with internal investigations of even routine employment claims, securities issues, and corporate crime test experienced attorneys in those disciplines.1 Investigating environmental crimes and high-stakes environmental compliance issues poses additional difficult, often unique, challenges due to complex governing law and the highly technical nature of environmental regulatory requirements. Everything about internal investigations of environmental crimes is complicated, multi-variable, and high stakes. Potentially at play are substantial civil or criminal fines and penalties; injunctive relief against the company; the careers and liberty interests of employees, executives, and in-house counsel; corporate and individual debarment from governmental contracts; and the reputations of all involved.