Analysis and Prioritization of Sustainability Criteria in Organizational Strategic Decision Making, Case Study: Bandar Abbas Zinc Production Company

Sustainability is one of the topics that its effects can be seen in all technical and managerial fields of the present era. Achieving sustainability goals requires a comprehensive and long-term perspective. Therefor, the present study was conducted with the aim of identifying and prioritizing sustainability criteria in organizational strategic decision making. This study has been applied in Bandar Abbas Zinc Production Company and in terms of method and data collection, time is in the category of survey-cross-sectional studies. The statistical population includes the managers of the Zinc production company who participated in this study by non-probabilistic methods and purposefully by 30 qualified people. The main tool for data collection is an expert questionnaire that its validity was confirmed by university professors. To measure the reliability, the incompatibility rate of all comparisons has been calculated. Fuzzy hierarchical analysis process method was used to analyze the collected data. Findings of data analysis show that environmental factors are the most important. Factors related to costumers, organizational operations, community law, corporate governance, staff and humanitarian activities are the next priority. Therefore, it is concluded that the managers of Bandar Abbas Zinc production Company in line with the company's social responsibility should consider the issue of sustainability in the company's strategic planning. The company will also be able to prevent environmental damage and reduce such sustainable sources.