As yelena approaches derek with a conflict, he jumps up from his chair and states that he is late for work. from this, you may assume that derek is using the conflict style.

withdrawing                          

Explanation:

Ralph Kilmann and Kenneth Thomas have developed five different types of conflict strategies including withdrawing or avoiding, collaborating, defeating, accommodation, and compromising.

Withdrawing conflict style: The term withdrawing conflict style is defined as the process that doesn't require any consideration or courage for the other person or party. An individual using withdrawing conflict styles behaves in a way that a certain incident has never happened or doesn't exist.

In the question above, Derek is using the withdrawing conflict style.

panem is a communist totalitarian dictatorship where all the resources and how they are allocated belongs to the capitol. the districts exist only to provide goods and services for the capital and most of the citizens live in poverty. it is a police state where the "peacekeepers" use force and threats to keep the people under control. dissent is outlawed and those who disobey the law are executed, flogged, or turned into avoxes. the games are another means in which the ruling elite in the capitol exert their power over the districts. when reading the books i drew parallels between panem and the soviet union and north korea. in no way is panem capitalist. the people in the capitol are wealthy but the majority of them are involved in the government somehow. it was the same way in the former soviet union where bigwigs in the communist party and high ranking government officials were given access to goods, services, medical treatments not available to the general public. if you think panem has a capitalist economy you need to brush up on your economics.