AspiringRationalist comments on Principals, agents, negotiation, and precommitments - Less Wrong
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While corporations don't have literal source code to modify, operating under a set of procedures that visibly make negotiation impossible, such as having the customer interact with an employee who is not authorized to negotiate, does essentially what you are saying.