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 a full professor of Business Management, esp. Responsible Management at Technical University Dresden (TU Dresden). Among other international research and teaching positions, he is a visiting scholar and adjunct professor at the INSEAD Social Innovation Centre. He studied business administration, economics and philosophy at the Leibniz University Hannover and at the London School of Economics and Political Science, among others.
Previous academic visiting positions include the Wharton Business School, where he was a Senior Fellow at the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research (2013–2017). From 2016–2017 (one-year tenure) he served as the chairman of the European branch of the Harvard Business School's Microeconomics of Competitiveness (MOC) network. Before joining TU Dresden, he was the founding director of the Institute for Business Ethics and Sustainable Strategy (IBES) as well as of the Josef Ressel Centre for Collective Action and Responsible Partnerships (CARe) in Vienna (Austria).
His research focuses on strategic sustainability management, sustainable change and innovation, business and human rights, and corporate political activity and responsibility, especially in the context of cultural, environmental and technological changes in society. The contexts of his conceptual and empirical research include multinational corporations, family businesses, governmental and non-governmental organisations regarding issues of strategic sustainability and responsibility management.
His research and expert opinions have been widely picked up by the national and international public media, including Arte, Der Standard, Der Kurier, Die Presse, Profil, Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), Salzburger Nachrichten, Spiegel online, NZZ, Wirtschaftswoche, ZeitOnline.
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. He consults in a range of public- and private-sector projects with a focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics both nationally and internationally. Furthermore, he is engaged in international executive trainings and regularly provides keynotes to audiences inside and outside of academia.
Research areas
Prof. Scholz’s research, teaching and consulting expertise includes:
- Business & Human Rights Management
- Corporate Political Activity and Responsibility,
- Corporate Governance
- Purpose and Ethical Leadership (e.g. Giving Voice To Values)
- Strategic Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility Management
Memberships
- Academy of Management
- Schmalenbach Gesellschaft (Head of the working group „Business Ethics“)
- Society for Business Ethics
- Verein für Socialpolitik
Relevant publications (selection)
- De los Reyes, G. & Scholz. M. (2022): ‘Assessing the Legitimacy of Corporate Political Activity: Uber and the Quest for Responsible Innovation’, Journal of Business Ethics, OnlineFirst article, in print.
- Kump, B. & Scholz, (2022): ‘Organizational Routines as a Source of Ethical Blindness’, Organization Theory, Vol. 3 (1), February 26, 2022.
- Smith, N.C., Scholz, M., Williams, J. (2021): ‘Does Your Business Need a Human Rights Strategy?’, MIT Sloan Management Review, December 2, 2021, Winter issue.
- Scholz, M. & Smith, N.C. (2020): ‘In the Face of a Pandemic: Can Pharma Shift Gears?’, MIT Sloan Management Review, April 16, 2020 [online only].
- Scholz, M., de los Reyes, G. & Smith, N.C. (2019): ‘The Enduring Potential of Justified Hypernorms’, Business Ethics Quarterly Vol. 29 (3), pp. 317-342.
- De los Reyes, G., Scholz, M. & Smith, N.C. (2017): ‘Beyond the “Win-Win”: Creating Shared Value Requires Ethical Frameworks’, California Management Review, Vol. 59 (2), pp. 142–167.
- Reydon, T.A.C. & Scholz, M. (2014): ‘Searching for Darwinism in Generalized Darwinism’, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 66 (3), pp. 561-589.
- Scholz, M. & Reydon, T.A.C. (2013): ‘On the Explanatory Power of Generalized Darwinism: Missing Items on the Research Agenda’, Organization Studies, Vol. 34 (7), pp. 983-999.
A complete publication record can be found here.
Courses
- Responsible Management
- International Business Ethics
- Aktueller Forschungsdiskurs CSR und Business Ethics
