Barrett, The Honors College Thesis/Creative Project Collection
Barrett, The Honors College at Arizona State University proudly showcases the work of undergraduate honors students by sharing this collection exclusively with the ASU community.
Barrett accepts high performing, academically engaged undergraduate students and works with them in collaboration with all of the other academic units at Arizona State University. All Barrett students complete a thesis or creative project which is an opportunity to explore an intellectual interest and produce an original piece of scholarly research. The thesis or creative project is supervised and defended in front of a faculty committee. Students are able to engage with professors who are nationally recognized in their fields and committed to working with honors students. Completing a Barrett thesis or creative project is an opportunity for undergraduate honors students to contribute to the ASU academic community in a meaningful way.
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- Creators: Dean, W.P. Carey School of Business
The process of producing enormous amounts of ephemeral clothing at accelerated rates, known as fast fashion, creates significant environmental and societal issues. The phenomenon of fast fashion rose due to globalization, economic factors, lack of legislation, and the advancement of technology. Governments, companies, and consumers must work together to create more sustainable retail supply chains. I have gathered information from interviews with individuals in the sustainable fashion industry, books, case studies, online reports, and newspaper articles. Based on my research, I recommend that companies should target wealthier consumers, develop a common language concerning sustainability, invest in sustainable fibers, and listen to factory employees for solutions to improve their working conditions. I also advise that the U.S governments should revise fashion copyright laws and international governments should emphasize regulations concerning the fashion industry. Lastly, consumers should adopt a price-per-wear mindset and utilize resale options. Overall, while perfect sustainability is improbable, consumers, governments, and companies should not use this as an excuse to avoid responsibility.
A research paper examining how the variance in state labor laws for independent contractors is causing uncertainty about the rights they are entitled to.
The purpose of this paper is to make the beyond a reasonable doubt standard in criminal trials more comprehensible for the modern juror while also increasing the modern juror’s motivation and ability to apply this standard consistent with trial proceedings. The major problems addressed include why the beyond a reasonable doubt standard is so difficult for modern jurors to understand in addition to why modern jurors lack both the motivation and ability to perform their integral function in criminal trials due to their enforced passive role. This paper traces the origins of the modern jury, delving into the centuries-long transition of the jury from an active to passive function, and the impacts historical change has had on the modern juror’s role in criminal trials. It also looks to define the beyond a reasonable doubt standard in terms of case law and pattern jury instructions and through contrast with its constituent lower civil standards of evidentiary certainty. The solution posed to remedy the aforementioned issues rests on a unique application of metaphor and imagery that can be implemented in lawyers’ rhetorical methods to instruct jurors on their paramount function in modern criminal suits.
"Defining the Line" is an intention to clarify appropriate versus inappropriate behaviors within the athletic community. The objective of this project is to improve sexual violence prevention training to be more specifically catered to the daily interactions of a student-athlete. A new method of education has been introduced to Sun Devil Athletics and could also extend to the NCAA.
"Defining the Line" is an intention to clarify appropriate versus inappropriate behaviors within the athletic community. The objective of this project is to improve sexual violence prevention training to be more specifically catered to the daily interactions of a student-athlete. A new method of education has been introduced to Sun Devil Athletics and could also extend to the NCAA.
"Defining the Line" is an intention to clarify appropriate versus inappropriate behaviors within the athletic community. The objective of this project is to improve sexual violence prevention training to be more specifically catered to the daily interactions of a student-athlete. A new method of education has been introduced to Sun Devil Athletics and could also extend to the NCAA.
"Defining the Line" is an intention to clarify appropriate versus inappropriate behaviors within the athletic community. The objective of this project is to improve sexual violence prevention training to be more specifically catered to the daily interactions of a student-athlete. A new method of education has been introduced to Sun Devil Athletics and could also extend to the NCAA.