
16 SEVEN SECRETS FOR NEGOTIATING WITH GOVERNMENT
tors who could not understand how Boeing had beaten them in
the competition to sell aircraft to the U.S. Defense Department.
Corruption, as Robert Klitgaard has pointed out, is a function
of three factors: discretion, monopoly, and accountability.
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likelihood of corruption by government official arises when the
official has great discretion, when that official has monopoly
power over the other person in the negotiation, and when mecha-
nisms for holding the official accountable for his or her actions are
weak. Darleen Druyan had almost unfettered discretion in setting
prices for aircraft purchases, she