195. Ethical Non-Closure in Agentic Decision Systems and Its Implications for Operations Research
Invited abstract in session Operations Research and the Common Good (special edition), stream OR and Ethics, and Societal Perspectives.
Authors (first author is the speaker)
| 1. | Matthew Stewart
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Abstract
As decision systems increasingly incorporate autonomous planning, memory, and adaptation, core assumptions in operations research ethics begin to fail. This paper introduces the concept of ethical non-closure, the observation that agentic decision systems do not ethically terminate at a single decision point. We argue that this property undermines standard approaches to accountability, contestability, and evaluation in OR-informed systems, and we outline implications for designing long-horizon decision processes oriented toward the common good.
Keywords
- Ethics and Governance
- Decision Support Systems
- OR and Common Good
Status: accepted
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