Anshu Saxena Arora is Associate Professor of Marketing in the School of Business and Public Administration at the University of the District of Columbia, USA.Sabine Jentjens is Professor of Management at ISC Paris, France.Amit Arora is Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management in the School of Business and Public Administration at the University of the District of Columbia, USA.John R. McIntyre is Professor of Management in the College of Management, with a courtesy appointment in International Relations at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech, USA. Mohamad Sepehri is Dean of the School of Business and Public Administration at the University of the District of Columbia, USA.

• Section I:- Social Robotics.- CHAPTER 1:-From Robots to Humanoids: Examining an Ethical View of Social Robotics.- CHAPTER 2:-Advancement of Robotic Autonomy Benefiting Individuals with Autism: Ethical Curriculum Development through Social Robotics’ Design and Research.- CHAPTER 3:-Recalibrating Anthropomorphized Robotic Interactions during COVID-19: Understanding Human Robotic Interactions.- CHAPTER 4:-Robotic Anthropomorphism and Intentionality through Human-Robot Interaction (HRI): Autism and the Human experience.- Section II:-Digital Technology.- CHAPTER 5:-Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Marketing: How AI Supports Marketers throughout the Consumer Journey.- CHAPTER 6:-Digital Technology Roles for COVID-19 Crisis Management: Lessons from the Emerging Countries.- CHAPTER 7:-Social Commerce: Impact on Consumer Power through Social Media.- Section III:-PARALLEL WORLDS: Human-Focused Socio-Cultural Norms and Negotiations – an AI-Free Research Domain.- CHAPTER 8:-Cross-Cultural Negotiations and the Impact of Culture in a Western-Asian Context.- CHAPTER 9:-The Effects of Work Culture on Women Career Advancement: A Comparison between the Netherlands and the United States.- CHAPTER 10:-Respect or Transgression of Norms in the Context of Religious Diversity: The Example of the Mormons in France.