[Mick]

What he really did was issue an apology that someone else wrote for him, likely because his employer made him in order to keep his job.

I once instructed an employee of mine (Kate) to apologize to one of her peers (Ravi) for a reprehensible decision that Kate made, said decision of which Kate clearly felt was not all that reprehensible.  So Kate began her apology thusly "Mick told me that he wants me to apologize to you..."

[Mick]

What he really did was issue an apology that someone else wrote for him, likely because his employer made him in order to keep his job.

I once instructed an employee of mine (Kate) to apologize to one of her peers (Ravi) for a reprehensible decision that Kate made, said decision of which Kate clearly felt was not all that reprehensible.  So Kate began her apology thusly "Mick told me that he wants me to apologize to you..."