I’m a mid level corporate executive in a really large company. It’s very difficult to get noticed, let alone promoted, unless you are willing to take risks.
I got a lead on a possible source for something that might be a very profitable product. In order to protect my position, I let no one in on what I knew. I sent our on-site representatives to investigate, but I decided not to warn them of any potential dangers. People were…hurt. It didn’t go well.
What else could I do? What if it didn’t even exist, huh? I didn’t know! So now, if I went in and made a major security issue out of it, everybody steps in. Administration steps in, and there are no exclusive rights for anybody; nobody wins. So I made a decision and it was… wrong. It was a bad call.
AITA?