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- Creators: Buch, Rajesh
- Creators: School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Member of: Theses and Dissertations
- Member of: Barrett, The Honors College Thesis/Creative Project Collection
The built environment is responsible for a significant portion of global waste generation.
Construction and demolition (C&D) waste requires significant landfill areas and costs
billions of dollars. New business models that reduce this waste may prove to be financially
beneficial and generally more sustainable. One such model is referred to as the “Circular
Economy” (CE), which promotes the efficient use of materials to minimize waste
generation and raw material consumption. CE is achieved by maximizing the life of
materials and components and by reclaiming the typically wasted value at the end of their
life. This thesis identifies the potential opportunities for using CE in the built environment.
It first calculates the magnitude of C&D waste and its main streams, highlights the top
C&D materials based on weight and value using data from various regions, identifies the
top C&D materials’ current recycling and reuse rates, and finally estimates a potential
financial benefit of $3.7 billion from redirecting C&D waste using the CE concept in the
United States.
Lexico Dictionaries defines sexual harassment as “behavior characterized by the making of unwelcome and inappropriate sexual remarks or physical advances in a workplace or other professional or social situation.” In this paper, we will explore the role sexual harassment plays in the workplace, its connection to general harassment, and the types of ways in which it exists. We take a look at the legality differences of quid pro quo and hostile work environment harassment and how victims can be treated differently based on the circumstances. We discover how the media covers certain cases on sexual harassment and the way #Metoo created a platform for women to speak on this topic. Sexual harassment has shown many problems in its research and the failure to implement any real change. We learn that in order to produce any change, organizations and policy makers need to understand victim’s needs and the best way to handle claims of sexual harassment. The main takeaway is sexual harassment in the workplace is not a black and white issue, as each victim has their own experience and each workplace has their own unique environment.