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WHY CHOOSE US?
Our Associates have achieved distinction in positions
of great responsibility and trust in business and the
community. We are also very experienced investigators.
Our reputation, skills, networks and confidence open
door to us that would remain closed to others.
Our particular strengths are:
- INTEGRITY
- EXPERIENCE
- IMPARTIALITY
- OBJECTIVITY
- FAIRNESS
- CONFIDENTIALITY
- SOUND METHODOLOGY
- UNDERSTANDING OF ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
INTEGRITY
Each Associate has an impeccable record and has held
positions of great trust and community significance.
EXPERIENCE
Collectively we have over two hundred years of experience
in general management, human resource management, dispute
resolution and in industrial and administrative law.
As investigators, we have successfully dealt with a
vast number and range of allegations and workplace complaints
and grievances. Each Associate has dealt many times
with the sensitive and complex issues relating to suspected
misconduct which can arise in a workplace. Although
particular Associates are assigned to each project,
and are responsible for it, they are able to draw upon
the collective experience of the group.
IMPARTIALITY
We are not the ultimate decision makers in the matters
that we investigate; the responsibility for appropriate
disciplinary action rests with the employer. Our responsibility
is to provide an accurate and unbiased factual investigation
report to the employer. We are not part of the internal
politics of organisations and are not constrained by
expectations of possible outcomes of investigations.
Our training and experience assists us to be free of
bias and equitable in our recommendations. We are totally
independent and our Associates do not accept any assignment
in which there may be any real or perceived conflict
of interest.
OBJECTIVITY
We focus on evidence and we ignore innuendo, hearsay
and gossip.
FAIRNESS
While we must make assessments of the credibility
of complainants, respondents and witnesses, we treat
all parties with fairness, respect and courtesy at all
times. Our procedures are also designed to ensure substantive
and procedural fairness (the right to be heard and the
right to an impartial decision, which is sometimes called
natural justice).
CONFIDENTIALITY
The parties to an investigation have rights under privacy
legislation and a right to expect that the information
that they provide will be treated confidentiality and
will only be used appropriately in the investigation
process and in accordance with the requirement for procedural
fairness. Our Associates fully understand these requirements
and they and all ancillary staff are bound by confidentiality
agreements. We are also experienced in the requirements
for protecting whistleblowers including those who are
making protected disclosures.
UNDERSTANDING OF ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
Our many years of collective experience in management
gives us a deep understanding of behaviour in large
and small organisations and the many complex factors
that underlie employee misconduct.
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