Agent Based Modeling, a New Approach in Modeling Complex Ethical Problems

Nowadays, attention to the ethical dimensions of decision-making issues at different levels of national, regional or enterprise has become an undeniable issue. Developments such as globalization, community development, the emergence and development of large multinational companies, financial markets and etc. intertwined interests of the communities that didnt have noticeable influence on each other before. Hence the result of our actions and decisions in different communities affects other communities and also future generations more than ever. Considering the ethical issues in operations research as a powerful tool in decision making, helps policy makers and managers to pay attention to the interests of all stakeholders in their decision. In this review paper, after an introduction to concept and dimensions of ethical issues in management science and decision making, necessary prerequisite for modeling problems with ethical dimensions are described and the application of operations research (OR) in modeling these issues explained. And specifically, the Agent Based Modeling (ABM) method as a powerful technique in modeling such problems is introduced. Most of the classical OR methods commonly used in optimization problems cannot be used for new issues with ethical content and therefore newer methods and tools for modeling and solving such problems should be develop. In this article Agent Based Modeling (ABM) method is suggested for modeling the ethical and social sciences problems