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
2021
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Unternehmerische Verantwortung durch Kooperation: Beweggründe und Erfolgsfaktoren von Unternehmenspartnerschaften mit sozialen oder ökologischen Zielen , 2021Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Other contribution > Other
2020
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Six Ways Companies Can Promote and Protect Human Rights , 3 Nov 2020, In: MIT Sloan Management ReviewResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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In the Face of a Pandemic: Can Pharma Shift Gears? , 16 Apr 2020, In: MIT Sloan Management ReviewResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Die gesellschaftliche Verantwortung von Pharmaunternehmen für die Produktion, Preisgestaltung und Allokation von Covid-19-Impfstoffen , 2020, In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik: zfwu. 2020, 1, p. 215-226Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Entstehungsfaktoren von Collective-Action-Initiativen zur Lösung sozialer und ökologischer Probleme , 2020, Corporate Social Responsibility: Impulse aus der und für die Profit- und Sozialwirtschaft. Verlag Barbara Budrich, Vol. 7. p. 83-103, 20 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
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Ethical blindness: A routine-based perspective and an unlearning-oriented cure , 2020Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
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Ideenforum: Die neue Diskussion um den Sinn und Zweck von Unternehmen , 2020, In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik: zfwu. 21, 1, p. 62-73Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Responsible innovation: Corporate responsibility and collective action , 2020, Digital Transformation and Ethic. Hengstschläger, M. (ed.). ecoWing Verlag, p. 322-345Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
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Responsible innovation or political deliberation as camouflage? The Uber case , 2020Research output: Contribution to conferences > Paper