Suppression of Escalation or Review

A subject uses their authority to prevent, terminate, delay, redirect, or improperly narrow a required organizational review, escalation, complaint, referral, or investigation.

Examples include:

• preventing a security concern from being referred to the appropriate team
• closing a complaint without the required review
• declining to escalate a report involving an associate
• directing that an audit finding not be formally recorded
• narrowing an investigation to exclude relevant conduct or evidence