Prof. Dr. Markus Scholz

Professor of Business Management, esp. Responsible Management

Mr 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

96 Entries

2025

Unternehmen und ihre politische Haltung - Die erweiterte Rolle des AufsichtsratsScholz, M., Taubken, N. & Beckmann, K. M., Mar 2025, 29 p.Research output: Other contribution > Other
Schnell ist der Ruf beschädigtScholz, M., Kapteina, B. D. S. & Burkatzki, E., 3 Feb 2025, In: Frankfurter Allgemeine : Zeitung für Deutschland ; Ausgabe DResearch output: Contribution to specialist publication > Feature article/Contribution (Feuilleton)
Corporations, Populism and Responsibility: An analysis of the political self-perception of corporations and their strategies in coping with populism in GermanyKapteina, B. D. S., Burkatzki, E., Schöndube, A., Schwerdtner, M. A. & Scholz, M., Jan 2025Research output: Other contribution > Other

2024

What Motivates Companies to Act ResponsiblySmith, N. C. & Scholz, M., 17 Oct 2024Research output: Other contribution > Other
What Makes Leaders Do the Right Thing?Smith, N. C. & Scholz, M., 10 Sep 2024, In: MIT Sloan Management Review. 2024, FallResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Willens, aber zögerlich. Eine empirische Studie zu Positionen der Kammer in Deutschland zum Thema RechtsextremismusBeschorner, T., Herrmann, A. & Scholz, M., 2024Research output: Other contribution > Other

2023

Warum Nachhaltigkeitskonzepte von Unternehmen oft eine Mogelpackung sindBeschorner, T. & Scholz, M., 9 Dec 2023, In: Handelsblatt : Deutschlands Wirtschafts- und FinanzzeitungResearch output: Contribution to specialist publication > Feature article/Contribution (Feuilleton)
Why companies team up for sustainable development: Antecedents of company engagement in business partnerships for sustainabilityRiegler, M., Burton, A. M., Scholz, M. & De melo, K., 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
Guest Editors’ Introduction: New Challenges to the Enlightenment: How Twenty-First-Century Sociotechnological Systems Facilitate Organized Immaturity and How to Counteract ItScherer, A. G., Neesham, C., Schoeneborn, D. & Scholz, M., Jul 2023, In: Business Ethics Quarterly. 33, 3, p. 409-439, 31 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Review article
Deutschlands Manager sind politisch apathisch – das geht so nicht weiterScholz, M., 18 Apr 2023Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Other contribution > Other

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