The act of shifting blame to, asking your, or allowing your subordinate to take blame. Much like what happened with reagan and oliver north.

And possibly pardoning or rehiring the individual later.

Anatidaephobia is defined as a pervasive, irrational fear that one is being watched by a duck. The anatidaephobic individual fears that no matter where they are or what they are doing, a duck watches.

Anatidaephobia is derived from the Greek word "anatidae", meaning ducks, geese or swans and "phobos" meaning fear.