Courtney, you make a good point about accusing someone prior to having all of the facts of the investigation. A boss could inadvertently create a hostile working environment and end up losing one or more good employees by making accusations without any facts to back them up. When I was an auditor for the corporate office of a retail farm & home store, my boss and our director were working on a huge employee theft case. One employee was adamant that her involvement was coerced by the store manager (if I remember correctly, he was the ringleader). She was so angry and upset she was part of the investigation she sued the company. Unfortunately, I took a position with another company before the case was finished so I don't know what happened.