Gratified, you tell your secretary to file the report. You forget it until you get an EEOC complaint, followed six months later by a fat federal court lawsuit. Many companies still handle investigations this way. Feeblepop may be a whiz at personnel, but he probably doesn't know which way is up when it comes to investigations. American Blooper needs someone who can ask questions and get straight answers.
Lawyers are such people.
Let's say you bypass Feeblepop and call Danny O'Schlock, your lawyer. We need some ammunution to shoot at Buckbuster, and we need it immediately. If you hire me and I'm your lawyer, I can investigate and I can report. Nevertheless, the report probably will be confidential and privileged because I'm your attorney. He says you cannot use the report as evidence without endangering all attorney-client privilege pertaining to the case.