The importance of co-operation for ethical decision-making with OR
The present paper provides some modelling support to the message delivered by Professor Jean-Pierre Brans in his editorial paper of the present special issue. The stress is set on the importance of co-operation in order to achieve the ethical management of the future using Operational Research in the modern society. The importance of co-operative behaviour of stakeholders in the management of Human Systems is confirmed by examples from natural systems and by results of simulation inspired from the prisoners dilemma game.
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