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| Arbitration | The hearing and determination of a dispute or the settling of differences between parties by a person or persons chosen or agreed to by them. |
| Attorney General | The principal legal officer of the Crown or a state. |
| By-Product | Something produced in the making of something else; a secondary result; a side effect. |
| Carcinogen | A substance capable of causing cancer. |
| Consensus | General Agreement. |
| Critique | A detailed analysis and assessment. |
| Ecosystem | A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. |
| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | The US federal agency with a mission to protect human health and the environment. |
| Ergonomics | The study of workplace equipment design or how to arrange and design devices, machines, or workspace so that people and things interact safely and most efficiently. |
| Ethical | Conforming to an established set of principles or accepted professional standards of contact. |
| Ethics | The moral principles governing or influencing conduct. |
| Evaluate | To form an idea of the amount or value of; assess. |
| Gantt Chart | A time and activity bar chart that is used for planning, managing, and controlling major programs that have a distinct beginning and end. |
| Hazard | A danger or risk. |
| Impact | The effect or influence of one thing on another. Some impacts are anticipated, and others are unanticipated. |
| Landfill | A low area of land that is built up from deposits of solid refuse in layers covered by soil. |
| Mediation | The act or process of using an intermediary to effect an agreement or reconciliation. |
| Negotiation | Mutual discussion and arrangement of the terms of a transaction or agreement. |
| Norms | Principles of right action, binding upon the members of a group and serving to guide, control, or regulate proper and acceptable behavior. |
| Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) | A government organization whose mission is to assure the safety and health of America's workers by setting and enforcing standards; providing training, outreach, and education; establishing partnerships; and encouraging continual improvement in workplace safety and health. |
| Product Lifecycle | Stages a product goes through from concept and use to eventual withdrawal from the market place. |
| Protocol | The accepted code of behavior in a particular situation. |
| Raw Material | Any natural resource that is used to make finished products. |
| Recycle | To reclaim or reuse old materials in order to make new products. |
| Refurbish | To renovate or redecorate. |
| Refuse | Matter thrown away as worthless. |
| Residue | A small amount of something that remains after the main part has gone or been taken or used. |
| Synergy | When the unit or team becomes stronger than the sum of the individual members. |
| Trade-off | An exchange of one thing in return for another: especially relinquishment of one benefit or advantage for another regarded as more desirable. |
| Virtual Team | A group of people that rely primarily or exclusively on electronic forms of communication to work together in accomplishing goals. |
| Waste | Material which is eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required. |
