A company may be able to fake profits for a while by sleight of hand in the accounting department and they may be able to artificially drive up their stock price as a result, but one thing you simply can not fake is a multi-decade run of dividend increases. (getrichbrothers.com)
With sleight of hand ease, they can be visually deceptive, but they don't aspire to all out trickery. (106green.com)
Now I'm not advocating using sleight of hand in tackling the issues at your workplace. (inc.com)