Operations research and ethics: Development trends 1966–2009

International Transactions in Operational Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 413-426

  Wenstøp, Fred ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Consequentialism; Duty; Efficiency; Emotion; Guidelines; OR model; OR process; Stakeholder; Sustainability; Virtue

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873055210     PISSN: 09696016     EISSN: 14753995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3995.2009.00730.x     Document Type: Article

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