:: Volume 7, Issue 3 (11-2012) ::
2012, 7(3): 1-13 Back to browse issues page
Ethics in Operations Research and sustainable development
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Background: Challenges existing and facing Human Today, such as economic issues, environmental and social are important challenges of new century. In order to solve these problems by experts, sustainable development has been raised. In order to achieve sustainable development, the importance of attention of The various sciences is felt.operation research according to Their ethical duties Must now more than ever, considering the complexity of community issues, to play Its role in community decision-making process.
Methods: In this review, while addressing issues of sustainable development and the complexities of the Today world Note this is that Traditional approaches Operations Research  is not responsive to complex problems and the Not structure present, and the role of Two approaches advanced of Operations Research In contributing to sustainable development has been introduced.
Results: This study With review of literature on ethics in Operations Research and Management Science, assistance with respect to ethics in the field to sustainable development has identified. Also, two approach multiple criteria decision making with respect to various aspects such as environmental, social and economic issues facing sustainable development    and system dynamics with capable of investigatig long-term effects of decisions policy makers on environmental and society has been introduced.
Conclusion: Traditional and single-dimensional approaches operations research are not Responsive to complex social and ethical issues today human. can be to use of two advanced  approaches system dynamics and multiple criteria decision making in solving the problems of sustainable development. Operations Research Society and the professionals required to develop and use techniques that are responsive to these issues is human and social.
 
Keywords: Ethics, Sustainable Development, Operations Research, MCDM, System Dynamics, Fuzzy Logic
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2017/09/30 | Accepted: 2017/09/30 | Published: 2017/09/30


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