This doesn't make any sense, it's attempting to carve out imaginary middle ground where there is none. Who reviews the "formal complaints" a director files abou

This doesn't make any sense, it's attempting to carve out imaginary middle ground where there is none. Who reviews the "formal complaints" a director files about a CEO? Where have you ever worked that HR takes "formal complaints" about vaguely unethical behavior seriously? You want to pretend it was some huge surprise delivered to Sam without warning, for power's sake, because then there is middle ground. That wasn't the case.