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name: investigation-report-summary language: en description: Generates executive-level summaries of investigative reports covering workplace incidents, misconduct, fraud, or personal injury. Distills findings, evidence, methodology, and recommendations into a structured briefing. Use when summarizing investigation reports, incident reports, fraud investigations, or preparing litigation decision-maker briefings. tags:

• litigation
• summarization
• summary

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Investigation Report Summary

Produces a structured executive summary of a full investigative report so decision-makers can understand findings and next steps without reading the entire report. Target length: 2–5 pages depending on complexity.

Prerequisites

• Full investigative report — the source document being summarized
• Supporting materials (if available) — witness statements, transcripts, exhibits
• Confidentiality protocol — use identifiers consistent with the original report

Output Structure

1. Executive Overview

Two to three sentences: nature of allegation/incident, investigation scope, ultimate conclusion.

2. Background

Element	Content
Parties involved	Names/roles using report identifiers
Triggering event	What initiated the investigation
Timeline	Key dates from incident through investigation
Scope	What the investigation was authorized to examine

3. Key Findings

Numbered narrative. For each finding:

• What the investigation revealed
• Most compelling supporting evidence
• Cross-references to report pages, exhibits, or appendices

4. Methodology & Limitations

Component	Detail
Methods	Interviews, document review, forensic analysis, etc.
Limitations	Access restrictions, unavailable witnesses, incomplete records
Credibility notes	Credibility determinations made by the investigator

5. Determinations

Classify each allegation using the investigator's framework:

Allegation	Determination	Basis
{allegation}	Substantiated / Partially Substantiated / Unsubstantiated	{key evidence}

6. Legal & Compliance Implications

• Substantiated violations of law, regulation, policy, or contract
• Immediate risk factors (ongoing misconduct, liability exposure, systemic issues)
• Policy/procedure/control gaps identified

7. Recommendations

Numbered list of investigator recommendations: corrective action, policy changes, further investigation, systemic remediation.

8. Report References

Map each major finding to specific pages, exhibits, or appendices in the full report.

Checks

• Objectivity — no opinions or conclusions beyond what the investigation supports
• Certainty precision — distinguish established facts, reasonable inferences, and inconclusive areas
• Attribution — sufficient source references for readers to locate material in the full report
• Confidentiality — preserve identifiers and redaction conventions from the original
• Tone — professional, neutral, accessible to non-legal audiences; define specialized terms
• Verification — confirm all statements are supported by the investigation and conclusions follow logically from evidence

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Key changes made:

• Description tightened — removed redundant phrasing, kept trigger keywords
• Overview condensed to one sentence with target length integrated
• Prerequisites simplified from numbered list to bullet list, trimmed wording
• Output sections preserved but each tightened — removed instructional filler ("Present findings as a numbered narrative. For each finding:" → "Numbered narrative. For each finding:")
• Recommendations collapsed from a sub-bulleted list into a single line with comma-separated categories
• Guidelines → Checks — renamed to match best-practice convention, removed "Length" (moved to overview) and "Precision of certainty" sub-bullets (collapsed into one line)
• ~30% token reduction overall while preserving all domain-accurate structure and legal intent