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
Since October 2022, 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.
Before joining TU Dresden in October 2022, 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).
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 Harvard Business School European Microeconomics of Competitiveness (MOC) network.
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
His research has been published in leading academic outlets, including Business Ethics Quarterly, California Management Review, Journal of Business Ethics, MIT Sloan Management Review, Organization Studies, and The British Journal for Philosophy of Science.
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 work, Prof. Scholz has served as an advisory council 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 top-executive training programs and regularly provides keynotes to audiences inside and outside of academia.
Memberships
- Academy of Management
- Schmalenbach Gesellschaft (Head of the working group „Business Ethics“)
- Society for Business Ethics
- Verein für Socialpolitik
Publications
2024
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What Motivates Companies to Act Responsibly , 17 Oct 2024Research output: Other contribution > Other
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What Makes Leaders Do the Right Thing? , 10 Sep 2024, In: MIT Sloan Management ReviewResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Willens, aber zögerlich. Eine empirische Studie zu Positionen der Kammer in Deutschland zum Thema Rechtsextremismus , 2024Research output: Other contribution > Other
2023
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Warum Nachhaltigkeitskonzepte von Unternehmen oft eine Mogelpackung sind , 9 Dec 2023Research output: Other contribution > Other
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Why companies team up for sustainable development: Antecedents of company engagement in business partnerships for sustainability , Nov 2023, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 32, 7, p. 4767-4781, 15 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Guest Editors’ Introduction: New Challenges to the Enlightenment: How Twenty-First-Century Sociotechnological Systems Facilitate Organized Immaturity and How to Counteract It , Jul 2023, In: Business Ethics Quarterly. 33, 3, p. 409-439, 31 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Review article
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Deutschlands Manager sind politisch apathisch – das geht so nicht weiter , 18 Apr 2023Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Other contribution > Other
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Public Health and Political Corporate Social Responsibility: Pharmaceutical Company Engagement in COVAX , 13 Apr 2023, In: Business & society. 63, 4, p. 813-850, 38 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
2022
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Public health and equitable allocation of Covid-19 vaccines: pharmaceutical company engagement in COVAX , 6 Aug 2022Research output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
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Antecedents of Business Engagement in Partnerships for Sustainability , Aug 2022Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to conferences > Abstract
Lectures:
- Responsible Management
- International Business Ethics
- Aktueller Forschungsdiskurs CSR und Business Ethics