1. Trade in Human Body Parts Recent Headlines HSB4U Chapter 10 Sociology: Globalization and Structural Inequality

2. Trafficking Bindel, J. (2013, July 1). Organ trafficking: a deadly trade. The Telegraph. Retrieved April 8, 2014 from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/10146338/Organ-trafficking-a-deadly-trade.html

3. Desperation Lebanese Black Market: Syrian Refugees Sell Organs to Survive –Nov. 12, 2013 headline from Der Spiegel Putz, U. (2013, Nov. 12). Lebanese black market: Syrian refugees sell organs to survive. Der Spiegel. Retrieved April 8, 2014 from http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/organ-trade- thrives-among-desperate-syrian-refugees-in-lebanon-a-933228.htmlhttp://www.spiegel.de/international/world/organ-trade- thrives-among-desperate-syrian-refugees-in-lebanon-a-933228.html

4. Transplant Tourism “Travel for transplantation is the movement of organs, donors, recipients or transplant professionals across jurisdictional borders for transplantation purposes. Travel for transplantation becomes transplant tourism if it involves organ trafficking and/or transplant commercialism or if the resources (organs, professionals and transplant centers) devoted to providing transplants to patients from outside a country undermine the country's ability to provide transplant services for its own population.” The Declaration of Istanbul on organ trafficking and transplant tourism. (N,d.). Definitions. Retrieved April 8, 2014 from http://www.declarationofistanbul.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=81&Ite mid=85 http://www.declarationofistanbul.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=81&Ite mid=85

5. Commodities for Sale Police have arrested five people in Spain after a wealthy Lebanese man in need of a liver offered up to €40,000 ($55,000) to whoever was willing to undergo an illegal organ transplant. The Declaration of Istanbul on organ trafficking and transplant tourism. (N,d.). Poor immigrants targeted in illegal organ sale. Retrieved April 8, 2014 from http://www.declarationofistanbul.org/# http://www.declarationofistanbul.org/#

6. Theft Boy, 6, has eyes gouged out in Chinese organ trafficking attack: Report Talaga, T. (2013, Aug. 27). Boy, 6, has eyes gouged out in Chinese organ trafficking attack: report. Toronto Star. Retrieved April 8, 2014 from www.thestar.comwww.thestar.com

7. Update China to end use of prisoners' organs for transplants in mid-2014 Li, H. and Blanchard, B. (2013, Nov. 2). China to end use of prisoners’ organs for transplants in mid-2014. Reuters. Retrieved April 8, 2014 from http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/02/us- china-organs-idUSBRE9A011N20131102http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/02/us- china-organs-idUSBRE9A011N20131102

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9. Sociology Intro: Key Words (336-337) WordSummary ____BiasaAll countries become the same or ‘coming together under capitalism.’ ____ConvergencebInterconnected world due to technology. ____Global villagecSell anywhere, watch tv anywhere. An enabling factor in globalization. ____Transportation and communication technologies dWest is best!

10. Connections Between Trade in HBP and Inequality For each concept, explain how it relates to the illegal cross-border trade in human body parts: –Free market forces –Relationship between developed and developing countries –Unequal distribution of the benefits of globalization –Commodity (object for sale)

11. Case Studies Comparison ShipbreakingTrade in HBP How does this industry make money? How do the people developed countries benefit from this industry? How do the people in developing countries benefit from this industry? At whose expense does this industry operate? What are the specific causes of people’s suffering?

12. Origins of Globalization When do you think globalization began? –Read 337-338 for the theories of Robertson, Giddens and Albrow on when globalization began Fill in chart

13. Laxer on Transnational Corporations as Economic Entities Theory of James Laxer, 342-343 –The structure of society is changing as transnational corporations gain more power OF THE TOP 100 ECONOMIC ENTITIES 1995: ____ nat’l gov’ts, ____ transnat’l corps 2000: ____, ____ 2005: ____, ____ 2011: ____, ____ http://dstevenwhite.com/2012/08/11/the-top-175-global-economic-entities- 2011/ By GDP (countries) and total revenue (corps)