translate English to French: Within those constraints, American managers were supposed to exercise considerably more discretion than their foreign counterparts, so that they could use their business judgment without being shackled and second-guessed.
Avec de telles contraintes, les dirigeants américains devaient exercer une plus grande discrétion que leurs homologues étrangers, afin de pouvoir utiliser leur réflexion professionnelle sans se retrouver prisonniers ni trahis par leur conseil d'administration.