Accusations are as bad as actions

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In the minds of many people, all it takes to discredit someone is to produce convincing unfalsifiable slander against them. To accuse a person or to make a claim against another is, to those who cannot think, i.e. management in general with few specific exceptions, the same to them as if the accused were guilty. In the business world, seemingly at least and in practice true from experience, people are presumed guilty unless proven innocent beyond a shadow of a doubt. When a person, especially one who works rather than one who socializes or just bosses others while they eat chicken nuggets and otherwise do absolutely nothing, is complained about, they are automatically under suspicion and anything they say is assumed to be a lie if it runs counter to the slander made against them. So, in the "wonderful" world of at-will employment, an accusation is the same as a crime.

Firing a person is easier than finding the truth. The reputation of some companies is more important than one employee.

That's probably the exact reason why managers get lazy when investigating claims. Do you think it's possible that they ever believe their bogus conclusions or do they realize consciously what they are doing or would it depend upon the managers and how unscrupulous they are versus how honest they want to think they are?

Most people are honest, but some companies breed managers that don't care about anyone but themselves. I have worked for the unscrupulous, and left them as soon as practical. Good bosses are a big part of job satisfaction.

Good bosses are a rarity though, especially in larger corporations since the atmosphere there is practically socially Darwinian ("Survival of the fittest" with regard to ethics, such as with Stalin). To work for a boss who's motto in practice isn't "kill or be killed" is exceptional in itself.