The privilege of self-critical analysis.

One method by which corporations have attempted to prevent these results has been to institute self-evaluative or self-policing programs by conducting periodic internal investigations, in an effort to maximize safety and/or to comply with all local, state and federal laws. Additionally, corporations frequently conduct their own investigations into accidents that may have occurred as a result of a product that they manufacture. Consequently, the reports and other documents that are generated as a result of these internal investigations oftentimes become the topic of hot debate during the discovery phase of an ensuing lawsuit.