Provide a model of social responsibility in the management of reducing natural hazards with an interpretive structural approach

Reducing the consequences of natural hazards at the community level requires the development of social responsibility to prevent the risk of new disasters. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to firstly identify the indicators of social responsibility in the management of reducing natural hazards and then determine the action priorities, with an interpretive structural approach.

The current research method is descriptive-survey and practical in terms of purpose. The research data was collected in the field and in a mixed (qualitative and quantitative) way. The statistical population in the qualitative section included all crisis management experts and experts, 18 of whom were selected non-randomly and purposefully. The statistical population in the quantitative part, including managers and experts of the crisis management organization and general crisis administrations of the provinces, (297 people) and national and provincial managers and experts of cooperating organizations and institutions and members of the Supreme Crisis Management Council, (361 people) in total, equal to There were 658 people, based on the table of Karjesi and Morgan and using Cochran's formula and simple random sampling, 248 people were selected as a sample. The tool of data collection was a researcher-made questionnaire with 39 questions of indicators of social responsibility in the management of reducing natural hazards and a structured self-interaction form. The content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by 10 university management professors and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha test (α=0.83). Interpretive structural modeling technique was used to level the factors.

The findings showed that there are 39 indicators in the form of 17 components in social responsibility in natural risk reduction management and the components were placed in seven levels. Organizational culture, environmental perception and organizational structure are at the first level, and the support of senior managers and moral belief are at the lowest level.

The obtained results confirm that the organizational and economic support as well as the promotion of moral belief will facilitate the achievement of other components and the development of social responsibility in the management of reducing natural hazards.