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
2018
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The Enduring Potential of Justified Hypernorms , 2018Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Preprint/documentation/report > Working 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
2017
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Beyond Marginal Change: The Limitations of Corporate Social Strategies , 2017Research output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
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The Radical Organizational Implications of the Legitimacy Argument for Marginal Social Strategies , 2017Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
2016
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After Episodes of Ethical Blindness: How organizations can lose their blinkers and re-learn to see , 2016Research output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
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Beyond the “Win-Win”: Creating Shared Value Requires Ethical Frameworks , 2016, INSEAD Working PaperResearch output: Preprint/documentation/report > Working paper
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Compliance-Management: Ethische Blindheit akzeptieren und überwinden , 2016, In: Compliance Praxis. 12, 4Research output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Creating Shared Value Plus , 2016, In: CorporAID-Magazin : das österreichische Magazin für Wirtschaft, Entwicklung und globale Verantwortung. Vol. 2016Research output: Contribution to specialist publication > Feature article/Contribution (Feuilleton)
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Die Normierung gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung von Unternehmen: ISO 26000 und ONR 192500 , 2016, Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden, 243 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Book/Report/Anthology > Monograph
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Erosion of Sovereign Control: Deliberation, ‘We-Reasoning,’ and the Legitimacy of Norms and Standards in a Globalized World , 2016, Understanding Ethics and Responsibilities in a Globalizing World. Coutinho de Arruda, M. C. & Rok, B. (eds.). Springer, Cham, p. 83-101Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report