I see everywhere, both here and also in other sources, that HR is not your friend. The sources are always in the USA, and they always try to make clear for the employee of the USA, to not trust them, particularly not file reports to them. From the context, I believe, these "filing reports" might mean that the guy writes some bad about his boss or teammates to unknown guys in another department far away, representing and paid by the company. Not even trying to understand such basic facts like ...