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Certified Expertise in Workplace Investigations (CEWI)

Achieve Expertise in Comprehensive Investigation Practices

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September, 2024

CRMA, CPA/CFF, CFE
10 Hours 
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What You’ll learn

Curious about mastering workplace investigations? This course is your gateway to essential skills, from preliminary assessments to conducting ethical interviews. Tailored for HR professionals and investigators, it covers everything from handling complaints and virtual interviews to avoiding bias and crafting effective reports. Elevate your investigative prowess with a comprehensive, practical approach.

Get Deeper Understanding of:

  • Crafting thorough investigation plans from preliminary assessments to actionable work plans.
  • Upholding ethical standards and procedural justice throughout the investigative process.
  • Mastering both traditional and virtual interview techniques while overcoming related challenges.
  • Identifying and mitigating bias and retaliation in workplace investigations.

Recommended For:

  • CPAs, CIAs, and CMAs seeking advanced skills in workplace investigations to go beyond beginner-level training and master comprehensive investigative techniques.
  • Professionals in HR, compliance, and legal roles looking to enhance their expertise in conducting thorough, ethical workplace investigations and handling complex employee concerns.
  • Individuals aiming to develop a robust understanding of investigative practices, including handling bias, ethics, and effective reporting, to advance their career in organizational management and compliance.

Why take the Certified Expertise in Workplace Investigations with myCPE?

Resources included

  • Handout PDFs for every Module
  • Glossary/Key Terms for every Module
  • Q&A directly with instructors.

Career Opportunities

  • Workplace Investigator
  • Compliance Officer
  • HR Specialist
  • Risk Management Consultant

Value Addition to your skills

  • Effective Investigation Techniques
  • Ethical Decision-Making
  • Bias Mitigation
  • Comprehensive Reporting
  • Legal Compliance Awareness
  • Remote Interview Strategies

Courses

Course Title Time
1. Understanding Workplace Investigations: Preliminary Assessment Essentials
1 Hour
  • Understand the necessity of a preliminary assessment in investigations.
  • Analyze how to identify investigative issues from the complaint and proceed from intake to allegation.
  • Explore how to frame an allegation and identify elements of an effective investigation work plan.
2. Professional Reporting in Workplace Investigations: Strategies for Success
1 Hour
  • Explain how a good investigation report benefits the organization in multiple ways.
  • Discuss the qualities of a good investigation report and analyze common mistakes that lead to poor reports.
  • Inspect the basic structure of an investigation report and identify drafting errors and ways to avoid or correct them.
3. Navigating Investigations: Unveiling the Truth Behind Employee Concerns
1 Hour
  • Analyze the complaint’s limited role in a workplace investigation and explain how to gather additional information.
  • Discuss effective listening techniques and additional topics to fully understand the complainant's concerns.
  • Identify and analyze common errors investigators make when gathering information from the complainant.
4. Navigating Employee Concerns: An Introduction to Workplace Investigations
1 Hour
  • Identify the principles underlying an organization’s process for handling accusations of employee misconduct.
  • Understand how procedural justice applies to workplace investigations and the rights and obligations of involved employees.
  • Explore the employer’s duty of care in the context of workplace investigations.
5. Professional Standards for a Workplace Investigation
1 Hour
  • Discuss the essential personal qualities of a workplace investigator and their ethical obligations.
  • Identify the four key factors that comprise an investigator’s integrity and principles of procedural justice.
  • Explain the factors that contribute to making a workplace organization ethical.
6. Effective Investigations: Addressing Whistleblower Retaliation
1 Hour
  • Discuss how retaliation occurs in the workplace.
  • Identify the elements of a retaliation violation the investigator must prove.
  • Explain how to show whether the employee’s harm was retaliatory and not the result of appropriate employer conduct.
7. Exploring Workplace Investigations: Understanding Implicit Bias
1 Hour
  • Identify the types of bias that occur in an investigation.
  • Know how to reduce the risk of bias.
  • Explain why bias affects an investigation.
8. From Blind Dates to Boardrooms: Investigating Workplace Interviews
1 Hour
  • Explain how preparation is essential to the success of an investigation interview.
  • Discuss the techniques needed to address problems, challenges, and other unexpected events that may threaten the success of the interview.
  • Know how this interview will factor into the larger investigation process.
9. Mastering Remote Interviews: Techniques and Investigation Strategies
1 Hour
  • Explain the importance of preparation for a successful virtual interview.
  • Identify logistics and technology needs specific to virtual interviews.
  • Analyze which interview techniques need adaptation for virtual settings and discuss their role in workplace investigations.
10. How to Conduct an Ethical Workplace Investigation
1 Hour
  • Discuss the ethical components and elements of procedural justice in an investigation.
  • Identify the duties of an investigator during a workplace investigation.
  • Review the entitlements and responsibilities of both the employee under investigation and the complainant.
Disclaimer : Before attending any course, please verify that the credit details align with your qualification requirements. This certificate is designed to help you acquire new skills and knowledge, which may or may not fulfill specific compliance criteria. While we have made every effort to ensure our courses adhere to compliance standards, we recommend reviewing the details to confirm applicability for your needs.

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“This course was incredibly eye-opening. It offered practical insights into handling complex workplace issues and made a huge difference in my approach to investigations. Kudos to MYCPE ONE for delivering such impactful content!”

Scarlett Murphy
Scarlett Murphy, CFF

Workplace Investigator

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“I was impressed by how this certification addressed real-world challenges in workplace investigations. The strategies and techniques provided have already improved how I handle sensitive issues at work. ”

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“This certification course was a game-changer for my investigative skills. The real-world applications and detailed strategies were spot-on. Big thanks to MYCPE ONE for consistently providing top-quality training that truly makes a difference!”

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This certification covers a comprehensive range of topics crucial for effective workplace investigations. You'll learn about the preliminary assessment process, identifying investigative issues, and framing allegations. The course delves into the principles of handling employee misconduct, procedural justice, and the rights and obligations of participants. You'll also explore preparation techniques for both in-person and virtual interviews, ethical components of investigations, and how to handle retaliation and bias. Additionally, the certification addresses crafting thorough investigation reports and effective communication with complainants.

This certification will significantly enhance your skills and knowledge in conducting thorough and ethical workplace investigations. You’ll learn how to identify and analyze investigative issues, apply procedural justice, and understand the duties and rights of all participants. The course equips you with techniques for successful interviews, both in-person and virtual, and helps you manage bias and retaliation. By mastering the preparation of detailed investigation reports, you’ll be able to contribute to your organization’s integrity and compliance, making you an asset in any professional setting.

Certificate course is created by a qualified and experienced instructor(s). myCPE Certificate Courses includes Self-study Courses. Most of the courses are in the form of On-demand Videos. The Self-study Video courses in Certificate courses may be Live recorded presentations converted into Self Study (On-Demand Videos).

You can take your time and attend the course at your own pace. You can take exam unlimited time. So, don’t worry, if you are not able to pass an exam. You will be getting a chance to attend the exam again.

After completion of each course of this Certification Programs, you will be able to download a certificate with the course title and number of hours. Certificates, as well as your study records, are stored for life and you can access them anytime. Certificates are valid proof for your continuing education credits and you can also add it as an additional designation.

Once you register you will have complete access to all the courses of this Certification Programs. The self-study format allows you to access the material online 24x7 and study at your own pace.

As per NASBA guidelines, you have one year from date of purchase of your certificate to complete each program. After completion of each course, you can attend final exam any time and get CPE Credit instantly. You can retake the exam multiple times without any additional charges.

Course have minimum passing score of 70% in the final exam and you can take multiple attempts of the said exam.

Our video player tracks & stores the watch time and will show you in the progress bar. But you make sure that you don’t fast forward or manually try to move the progress bar. If you have fast forwarded the video or tried to manually move the progress bar of the video. System wouldn’t capture your watch time. So please, let the video go on its own. However, being on-demand video you can pause and play and whenever you want and you can watch it in pieces. It will pick up from where you left off. So, for a self study courses you will have to
1. Complete the entire video 100%.
2. Answer all the review questions correctly. The review questions are at the bottom of the same page where you are viewing the course video.
3. Once you have watched the whole video and answered all the review questions, the Final Quiz will open up. You need to score more than 70% in the Final Quiz to avail your CPE credit. Multiple attempts are allowed for submitting Review and Final Quiz questions.
4. Once you have completed the Review and Final quiz questions, you shall be able to download the credit certificate from the ‘My Certificates’ section. Kindly ensure you have allowed Multiple File download from your web browser to download all certificates.
5. You can download individual certificate from your "Account" as well as from this page once you complete a particular courses. Also, you can download "Consolidated Certificate" from the package page or from your account.

A Self-study course is a recorded video (If it’s a recording of a live course you may see polling questions appearing on the screen. You do not need to answer the polling questions and just let the video play). Do not fast forward. If you fast forward, we may not be able to capture your watch time and you may be required to watch it multiple times. In order to avail your credits for the self-study course, you need to answer the review questions correctly and complete the entire video. Once you have done that, the Final Quiz will open up in which you need to score a minimum 70% to qualify for the credit. You can attempt multiple times for answering the review questions and Final quiz questions. Once you have completed the Review and Final quiz questions, you shall be able to download the credit certificate from ‘My Certificates’ section.
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