Organ trafficking addressed by international business pros
Patriya Tansuhaj and Man Zhang
are applying their international business expertise in hopes of
engaging the bright side of globalization to lessen its dark side -
illegal organ trafficking.
Tansuhaj, professor and director of WSU's International Business
Institute, and Zhang, an international business doctoral student,
are researching global sourcing strategies as applied to increased
human organ donation and use. Their work is intended to reduce
illegal human organ trafficking, which has become a truly global
business phenomenon.
Although globalization has made it easier for organ trafficking to
occur, it also could be used to reduce organ trafficking, Tansuhaj
said. Global information technology, for instance, could help
create a worldwide database that effectively matches donors with
recipients across borders. The global network of bone-marrow donor
registries is a successful example.
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