Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Activities Facet
3. Functions (hierarchy name)
4. functions (activities)
5. [functions by general context]
6. communication functions

Anotations

Scope note:

Intervention in a dispute, especially between labor and management, by a neutral party who facilitates negotiations, examines the arguments of both sides, and proposes a solution, which, however, is not binding on the disputants. Distinguished from "arbitration" in which the neutral party has the authority to make a binding decision.