The "relationship" topics within team ground rules, such as "discuss openly and protect confidentiality" and "avoid misunderstandings", should eliminate the need for the team to address how to handle conflict.

The statement that [The "relationship" topics within team ground rules, such as "discuss openly and protect confidentiality" and "avoid misunderstandings", should eliminate the need for the team to address how to handle conflict] is TRUE.

This is true because rules such as [discuss openly and protect confidentiality] and [avoid misunderstandings] would already solve the problem or conflict before it escalates, thus eliminating the need for the to address it.