# Chapter 19 – Investigations and Ethics

### Code of Ethics Canons

1. Project **society**, the common good, trust and confidence
2. Act honorably, **honestly**, justly responsibility and legally.
3. Provide diligent and competent services to principles **boss**
4. Advance and protect the **profession**

### Electronic Discovery

The Electronic Discovery Reference Model has nine steps:
1. **Information Governance** ensures information is well organized
2. **Identification** locates the information that may be needed to be produced in response to a discovery request
3. **Preservation** protection of information against alteration or deletion
4. **Collection** of information in a central location
5. **Processing** screens and filters the information to reduce the amount
6. **Review** examines the information to determine what information is ‘responsive’ to the request and what information is protected under attorney-client privilege 
7. **Analysis** deeper inspection of the information
8. **Production** places the information in a format to be shared with others
9. **Presentation** is displaying the information to relevant parties (witnesses, the court, etc.)
