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eBay promotes social consciousness with new site

Most consumers probably associate eBay more with vintage lunch boxes and low-priced electronics than with laptop bags made from recycled plastic by women in New Delhi.
eBay promotes social consciousness with new site

The online auction operator is trying to change that perception with WorldofGood.com, a website due to launch this week to sell goods produced with social and environmental goals in mind.

eBay developed the site with World of Good Inc., a startup focused on "ethical supply chains" behind consumer products, and licensed the group's name for the marketplace. World of Good will get a share of the revenue from the site, which had been operating for the past six months as an online community focused on the social impact of business.

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