MOVING BEYOND COMPROMISE. WHY STOP THERE? - Tecno-Libro

The process of making decisions is integral to life. We make decisions every day, from what to have for breakfast to critical issues of life and business. When two or more people are involved in making those decisions, the process often involves compromise and can be complicated by the basic give-and-take and trade-offs that are associated with this approach. Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language defines compromise in this way: A settlement in which each side gives up some demands or makes concessions An adjustment of opposing principles, systems, etc., in which part of each is given up The result of such an adjustment or settlement Something midway between different things A laying open to danger, suspicion, or disrepute, as a compromise of one's good name, or. to surrender or give up (one's interest, principles, etc.) Compromise necessarily, then, leads to a