"Compromise" means giving concessions or settling upon an intermediate point between two positions. It is not a means of getting what you want. Whenever anyone on the other side of the bargaining table offers the word "compromise", they are voicing their preparedness to lose.

• Discuss your understanding of "compromise" during a negotiation.
• Under which circumstances, do you think compromise is equivalent to "loss"? Explain with suitable workplace negotiation examples.
• Under which circumstances, do you think compromise is "settling for a moderately satisfactory" outcome? Explain with suitable workplace negotiation examples.