сверху(в т.ч. в знач. "от вышестоящего начальства": I've got a pretty good view of what is happening in my firm and actually think the source of the whinging probably came from someone further up the ladder.4uzhoj)
вышестоящему начальству(Suspected material violations of law must be reported up the ladder to the next-level supervisor, who will then engage in a similar evaluation and report up.4uzhoj)
дальше(вышестоящему начальству: The attorney as an alternative to reporting the misconduct to the CLO and then up the ladder, may report the violation to a qualified legal compliance committee4uzhoj)