False numbers can pass through successive superiors until the highest official receives a wholly distorted account. The person at the top may understand the distortion because they have already served at the levels that produced it. Passing information upward therefore does not guarantee that either reporting or senior acceptance is sincere.
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False figures can remain recognizable at the top
Leaders who have risen through a reporting hierarchy may recognize that its impressive totals are false.