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

102 Entries

2020

Responsible Innovation: Unternehmerische Verantwortung und Collective ActionRiegler, M. & Scholz, M., 2020, Digitaler Wandel und Ethik. Hengstschläger, M. (ed.). ecoWing Verlag, p. 344-369, 25 p.Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
Systematicity: The Nature of Scientific Management and Organizational KnowledgeScholz, M. & Hoyningen-Huene, P., 2020Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
Verantwortungsvolle Unternehmensführung im österreichischen Mittelstand: Vision und PraxisOrtiz, D., Czuray, M. & Scholz, M., 2020, Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden, 216 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Book/Report/Anthology > Monograph

2019

Advisory Boards in Austrian Medium-Sized CompaniesBusch, A. M., Schulz, A. & Scholz, M., 2019Research output: Other contribution > Other
Beiräte als Chance für Klein- und Mittelunternehmen in ÖsterreichBusch, A. M., Schulz, A. & Scholz, M., 2019, In: Aufsichtsrat aktuell : Fachinformation für die verantwortungsvolle Kontrolle und Beratung von Unternehmen und Stiftungen. Vol. 2019. p. 1-3Research output: Contribution to specialist publication > Feature article/Contribution (Feuilleton)
Beiräte als Chance für Mittelunternehmen in ÖsterreichScholz, M., Schulz, A. & Busch, A., 2019Research output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
Foreword: Creating Shared Value: Restoring the Legitimacy of Business and Advancing CompetitivenessPfitzner, M. & Scholz, M., 2019, In: Competitiveness review : CR. 29, 1, 5-7Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Editorial (Lead article)
Guest editorial: Understanding the Practice Potential and Theoretical Limits of Creating Shared Valuede los Reyes, G. & Scholz, M., 2019, In: Competitiveness review : CR. 29, 1, p. 2-4Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Editorial (Lead article)
Kooperationen vor dem Hintergrund der digitalen TransformationBusch, A. M., Schulz, A. & Scholz, M., 2019Research output: Other contribution > Other
Response to Porter: Responsibility for Realising the Promise of Shared Value: CSV for the Legitimacy of CapitalismScholz, M. & de los Reyes, G., 2019, Managing Sustainable Business: An Executive Education Case and Textbook. Lenssen, G. G. & Smith, N. C. (eds.). Springer Science + Business Media, Dordrecht, p. 347-361Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report