Some low level guy using an opportunity to alert upper / upper-middle management, more or less backed by his or her middle manager. Seen some years ago. A mail

Some low level guy using an opportunity to alert upper / upper-middle management, more or less backed by his or her middle manager. Seen some years ago. A mail was then sent from CEO to CxO along the lines "it seems there's something hiding under a rock there, please check it out". The guy who talked about the thing was a recognized expert in his own domain, while the CEO was on a kind of "thumbs-up tour". The manoeuver had been briefly discussed with the expert's hierarchical chain and pitched as an opportunity for action rather than "those guys don't do their jobs". A small shitstorm followed in middle management, at the end the problem was quickly solved, deemed "not that important in the end", and since no one was at fault and no one innocent, everyone quickly went quiet again.