Description: As e-commerce expands across the globe, its environmental and social impacts have come under scrutiny. While digital marketplaces offer convenience and economic growth, they also contribute to issues such as packaging waste, labor exploitation, and carbon emissions. To address these challenges, socially responsible approaches to sustainable e-commerce are essential, prioritizing ethical supply chains, fair labor practices, eco-conscious packaging, and transparent consumer engagement. Further exploration into how businesses can balance profitability with sustainability may shape a more equitable and environmentally responsible digital economy. Socially Responsible Approaches for Sustainable E-Commerce explores sustainable e-commerce and related strategies for businesses. It offers insightful analysis and practical solutions for improving e-commerce initiatives while maintaining sustainable methods. This book covers topics such as consumer behavior, sustainable development, and ethics and law, and is a useful resource for business owners, sociologists, marketers, academicians, researchers, and environmental scientists.
Brief description: Dr. Sandeep Poddar, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation) also served as Senior Research Director and Executive Editor(Publications), Lincoln University College, Malaysia. Adjunct Faculty (Honorary), Bharat Center Canada. Dr Sandeep has been graduated from University of Calcutta in with Honours in Zoology, he has obtained Post Graduate Diploma in Dietetics from All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Master of Science in Zoology with specialization in Biochemical Genetics from Dayalbagh Educational Institute with distinction. In addition to this he also obtained Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Lincoln University College. He has completed PhD in Zoology from Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences (University of Calcutta) on Cytotoxicity. After completing PhD he pursued Post Doctoral Research in different projects on Hemoglobinopathies and Oral Cancer mutation. Associated in establishment of molecular diagnostics laboratory (Neon) at present under Desun Hospitals, Kolkata. Set Biotechnology laboratory at college in Hooghly, West Bengal under University of Burdwan. He has published more than 200 research papers (in reputed Scopus Web of Sc indexed journals and books, filed more than 15 patents, organized international conferences, and also edited books in Malaysia, Australia, India and USA. He is serving as Guest editor of different reputed Scopus indexed journals of Elsevier, Inderscience, Pertanika like publishers. He has initiated the International Journal of Advancement in Life Sciences Research. Dr Sandeep is founder Assistant Secretary of Dr Tarak Nath Podder Memorial Foundation, Kolkata, India. He is active member of different organizations, Indian Science Congress Association, Indian Science News Association, World Academy of Sciences, Mental Health Innovation Network, UK, Malaysian Society for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Fellow member of World Researchers Associations.