Corporations prepare annual reports because they are required by law to do so. They should report to their shareholders how the company has performed in the past year. At the same time, corporations use the opportunity to leave a good impression on the target readers—regardless of how the companies actually performed. They do this either through the narrative or the graphics.
There isn’t much the corporations can do about the financial statements. Laws, private auditors, and government auditors are strict regarding compliance. In the narrative section, graphic designers are free to do almost whatever they want to
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