This book highlights the importance of adopting ethical policies and a code of ethics concerning tissue banking. It also shares the experience of a select group of countries in the adoption, implementation, and use of ethics in the creation and maintenance of tissue establishments. Describing the difficulties faced and the measures adopted to overcome them, the book provides several essential recommendations for governments, professional associations and international organizations involved in tissue banking, with the goal of strengthening tissue banking activities in interested countries and improving the quality of all tissue establishments.

Author Biography

Jorge Morales Pedraza is currently an Independent Consultant on International Affairs and holds degrees in Mathematical Sciences and in Economic Sciences. He was invited Professor of Mathematics at the Economic Faculty of the University of Havana (1974-1976) and in the High Engineering Institute (1992-1993). During this time (1990-1993), he was invited Professor for postgraduate studies at the Diplomatic Academy of Cuba and in the Inter-ministerial Disarmament Committee, while also assisting with several graduate theses at the Diplomatic Academy of Cuba. From 1980 to 2006, he worked as a diplomat, serving as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Cuba to both the IAEA and the Preparatory Commission of the OPCW. He was the Chairman of several working groups at both international organizations and served as Head and Deputy Head of the Cuban delegation to the IAEA General Conference and the IAEA Board of Governors from 1980 to 1990, Head of the delegation to the Disarmament Conferences in 1993, and Head of the delegation to the Plenary Session of the OPCW Preparatory Commission during the period 1993-1995. From 1995 to 2003 he worked as IAEA senior manager at the Director Office and was Interim Head of the Latin America Section (1997-1998). He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal Research in World Economy, Sciedu Press, Canada; of the Business and Management Research Journal, Sciedu Press, Canada; of the Journal of Technology Innovations in Renewable Energy; of the Journal of Reviews on Global Economics , Lifescience Global; of the Journal of Business Administration Research, Sciedu Press, Canada; and of the International Journal of Social Science Studies, Redfame Publishing in the USA. He has published a total of eight books, 10 book chapters, and more than 60 papers in various fields, in addition to 84 technical documents.