Reporting the issues to the legal department, which then deals with it could be a ways around this. For blatant issues (i.e. there's a dead body) you'd still b

Reporting the issues to the legal department, which then deals with it could be a ways around this. For blatant issues (i.e. there's a dead body) you'd still be expected to act on your own, but on any greyer area you'd be covered.