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

2021

Collective corporate action and private governance for sustainabilityRiegler, M., Scholz, M., Damoser, W. & Jarmai, K., 2021, Konnektivität: Über die Bedeutung von Zusammenarbeit in der virtuellen Welt . Fritz, J. & Tomaschek, N. (eds.). Waxmann Verlag GMBH, p. 177-193, 16 p.Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
Creating Shared Value: Ökonomische und gesellschaftliche WertschöpfungScholz, M., 2021, Handbuch Wirtschaftsphilosophie III: Praktische Wirtschaftsphilosophie. Heidbrink, L., Lorch, A. & Rauen, V. (eds.). 1 ed., 2021: Springer VS, p. 431-442, 11 p.Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement erfolgreich integrierenBusch, A. M., Ortiz, D., Löffler, C. & Scholz, M., 2021, In: KMU-Magazin. Vol. 2021. p. 105-107Research output: Contribution to specialist publication > Feature article/Contribution (Feuilleton)
Responsible Innovation Through Corporate Political Activity? The Case of UberScholz, M., 2021Research output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
Unternehmerische Verantwortung durch Kooperation: Beweggründe und Erfolgsfaktoren von Unternehmenspartnerschaften mit sozialen oder ökologischen ZielenBusch, A. M., Riegler, M., Jarmai, K. & Scholz, M., 2021Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Other contribution > Other

2020

Six Ways Companies Can Promote and Protect Human RightsScholz, M. & Smith, N. C., 3 Nov 2020, In: MIT Sloan Management ReviewResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
In the Face of a Pandemic: Can Pharma Shift Gears?Scholz, M. & Smith, N. C., 16 Apr 2020, In: MIT Sloan Management ReviewResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Die gesellschaftliche Verantwortung von Pharmaunternehmen für die Produktion, Preisgestaltung und Allokation von Covid-19-ImpfstoffenScholz, M., 2020, In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik: zfwu. 2020, 1, p. 215-226Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Entstehungsfaktoren von Collective-Action-Initiativen zur Lösung sozialer und ökologischer ProblemeScholz, M., Riegler, M., Stoll, B. & Herrmann, H., 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
Ethical blindness: A routine-based perspective and an unlearning-oriented cureKump, B. & Scholz, M., 2020Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to conferences > Paper

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