Prof. Dr. Markus Scholz
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Professor of Business Management, esp. Responsible Management
NameMr Prof. Dr. Markus Scholz
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Biography
Markus Scholz is Professor of Business Management, especially Responsible Management, at the Technical University Dresden (TU Dresden).
His research focuses on "Innovation and Transformation", "Strategic Management" and "Business Ethics" (especially "Business and Human Rights" and "Corporate Political Activity and Responsibility"). The contexts of his conceptual and empirical research include multinational corporations, family businesses, governmental and non-governmental organisations.
Following his studies in business management, economics and philosophy at the Leibniz University Hannover and the London School of Economics and Political Science, his academic positions have included teaching and research at the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science at the London School of Economics and the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at the Wharton Business School.
He founded and headed the Institute for Business Ethics and Sustainable Strategy (IBES) at the Vienna Chamber of Commerce and the Josef Ressel Centre for Collective Action and Responsible Management (CARe), funded by the Christian Doppler Society. Professor Scholz also held the position of European Chair of the Microeconomics of Competitiveness (MOC) network organised by the Harvard Business School.
In addition to his position at TU Dresden, he is also a Visiting Scholar and Adjunct Professor at INSEAD since 2018.
His research has been published in leading international journals such as Business Ethics Quarterly, Business & Society, California Management Review, Journal of Business Ethics, MIT Sloan Management Review, Organization Studies, Organization Theory, The British Journal for Philosophy of Science.
Furthermore, his research and expertise are regularly featured in the international media, including ARD, ARTE, Die Presse, Der Standard, Die Zeit, FAZ, Forbes, Handeslblatt, NZZ, ORF, Spiegel Online, and Wirtschaftswoche.
In addition to his academic activities, Prof. Scholz has served on advisory boards for various national and international business firms as well as for non-profit organizations. Since 2022, he has served as the scientific coordinator for the Schmalenbach Society's working group on Business Ethics.
Besides his academic work, Professor Scholz advises public institutions and corporations on business strategy, CSR, responsible management, transformation and sustainability, and is a frequent keynote speaker and trainer.
Research areas
Prof. Scholz’s research, teaching and consulting expertise includes:
- Innovation & Transformation
- Strategic Management
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Business Ethics (esp. Corporate Political Activity and Responsibility; Business and Democracy; Business and Human Rights)
Memberships
- Academy of Management
- Schmalenbach Gesellschaft (Head of the working group „Business Ethics“)
- Society for Business Ethics
- Verein für Socialpolitik
Publications
2020
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Responsible Innovation: Unternehmerische Verantwortung und Collective Action, 2020, Digitaler Wandel und Ethik. Hengstschläger, M. (ed.). ecoWing Verlag, p. 344-369, 25 p.Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
2019
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Response to Porter: Responsibility for Realising the Promise of Shared Value: CSV for the Legitimacy of Capitalism, 2019, Managing Sustainable Business: An Executive Education Case and Textbook. Lenssen, G. G. & Smith, N. C. (eds.). Springer Science + Business Media, Dordrecht, p. 347-361Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
2018
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Human Rights as Hypernorms - ISCT* as a Managerial Norm-Taking Framework, 2018Research output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
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The Limitations of the Business Case. Why Creating Shared Value Cannot Extinguish Destructive Business, 2018Research output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
2016
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Negative Screening und Exklusionsprozesse im Rahmen von Socially Responsible Investing: Der norwegische Pensionsfonds GPFG als Fallstudie, 2016, CSR und Finanzratings: Nachhaltige Finanzwirtschaft: Rating statt Raten!. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden, p. 315-327Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
2015
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Searching for Darwinism in Generalized Darwinism, 1 Sep 2015, In: The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 66, 3, p. 561-589, 29 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Marketingethik – Ein Überblick, 3 Feb 2015, Corporate Social Responsibility: Verantwortungsvolle Unternehmensführung in Theorie und Praxis. Schneider, A. & Schmidpeter, R. (eds.). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, p. 721-734, Chapter 47Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
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Management von Shared Value – eine legitime Corporate Strategy, 2015, Corporate Social Responsibility: Verantwortungsvolle Unternehmensführung in Theorie und Praxis. Schneider, A. & Schmidpeter, R. (eds.). Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden, p. 543-555Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
2014
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Darwinism and Organizational Ecology: A Case of Incompleteness or Incompatibility?, 1 Jun 2014, In: Philosophy of the social sciences. 44, 3, p. 365-374, 10 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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European Economic Actors Divesting From Israel, Jan 2014, Corporate Social Responsibility in the EU and in Israel: Corporate Cultures regarding Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and their Impact on Conflict Solutions . Nathanson, R. (ed.). Tel Aviv, p. 8-11Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
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