Juan and Miguel have been friends since school and have worked together for three years in an office supplies distribution company. Juan is a responsible worker and respectful of the company's rules and has stood out for his commitment and truthfulness in all of his actions. This is why they have promoted him as supervisor of sales agents, with his friend Miguel as his subordinate. When Miguel finds out about the promotion of his friend, he is happy because according to him "he will have secure confidence" and he congratulates his friend in addition to inviting him, along with his wife, to celebrate such good news. They spend an excellent evening in a cheap restaurant near their homes. After dinner, Miguel begins to drink too many drinks and gets drunk, to which his friend tells him that it is time to leave, since the next day they will have to get up early. . to work. Miguel responds: "don't worry, I'll settle with the boss." He closes his eye and they laugh together. After midnight Juan decides to leave for his home to rest and Miguel, very upset, tells him to leave, because he will continue celebrating. The next day, Juan arrives at work early and calls the salespeople to a meeting to give them instructions for the following week, as well as determine the team's functions and work goals. To his surprise, his friend Miguel has not arrived. Juan asks the secretary about Miguel and she tells him that she called his wife to remind Juan that Miguel had an appointment that morning and would arrive later, according to what was discussed the day before. Juan, who had not talked about anything like that with his friend, nods his head and the meeting begins. Indeed, Miguel arrives almost three hours late and indicates that he is authorized by the boss. The following Monday, Juan receives a call very early from his friend, telling him that he hasn't gotten up yet because he had a "movie" weekend and asks him to please ring his card, since it won't take long. to arrive. So the weeks passed and Miguel's requests to his friend became more and more frequent. Annoyed, Juan, with the situation, he talks to his friend and tells him not to abuse anymore because he is putting both of their jobs in danger, to please be more responsible and that if he wants to be late or absent, not to use it as an excuse. Miguel, very hurt, tells him that his anger has gone to his head, that he is no longer the same, that he is arrogant and haughty and that he thinks he is better than him because he has a better position in the company. He also tells him that if he He would like to be the owner of all that, but he cares more about friendship than work and he is disappointed. Juan is very disconcerted, but at the same time he knows that there are rumors in the office about the favors he does for his friend and he fears for his job. A week passes since the conversation,that he has allowed him these licenses and that he is not the only one, that the others are also late. Despite this excuse, the manager gives Miguel a letter of reprimand for his repeated non-compliance and warns him that if he continues like this he will have to be fired. After this, Miguel declares war on his friend Juan de Jesús and begins to tell secrets about his life to discredit him among the other sellers, seeking to make the slander reach everyone's ears. For this reason, Juan is called to a meeting with the company's Management to clarify the situation and they tell him to be cautious and that he cannot have friends in the company. 

What is the present conflict, justifying it theoretically. The response should consider the following and should not exceed 3 lines for each elaboration. 

 

a) Involved

b) Situational context

c) Identification of the conflict

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