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

100 Entries

2018

The Limitations of the Business Case. Why Creating Shared Value Cannot Extinguish Destructive BusinessScholz, M., 2018Research output: Contribution to conferences > Paper

2017

Beyond Marginal Change: The Limitations of Corporate Social StrategiesScholz, M. & de los Reyes, G., 2017Research output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
The Radical Organizational Implications of the Legitimacy Argument for Marginal Social Strategiesde los Reyes, G. & Scholz, M., 2017Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to conferences > Paper

2016

After Episodes of Ethical Blindness: How organizations can lose their blinkers and re-learn to seeScholz, M. & Kump, B., 2016Research output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
Beyond the “Win-Win”: Creating Shared Value Requires Ethical Frameworksde los Reyes, G., Scholz, M. & Smith, N. C., 2016, INSEAD Working PaperResearch output: Preprint/documentation/report > Working paper
Compliance-Management: Ethische Blindheit akzeptieren und überwindenKump, B. & Scholz, M., 2016, In: Compliance Praxis. 12, 4Research output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Creating Shared Value PlusScholz, M., 2016, In: CorporAID-Magazin : das österreichische Magazin für Wirtschaft, Entwicklung und globale Verantwortung. Vol. 2016Research output: Contribution to specialist publication > Feature article/Contribution (Feuilleton)
Die Normierung gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung von Unternehmen: ISO 26000 und ONR 192500Scholz, M. & Czuray, M., 2016, Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden, 243 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Book/Report/Anthology > Monograph
Erosion of Sovereign Control: Deliberation, ‘We-Reasoning,’ and the Legitimacy of Norms and Standards in a Globalized WorldKrause, J. & Scholz, M., 2016, Understanding Ethics and Responsibilities in a Globalizing World. Coutinho de Arruda, M. C. & Rok, B. (eds.). Springer, Cham, p. 83-101Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
Negative Screening und Exklusionsprozesse im Rahmen von Socially Responsible Investing: Der norwegische Pensionsfonds GPFG als FallstudieScholz, M., Czuray, M. & Gartner, S., 2016, CSR und Finanzratings: Nachhaltige Finanzwirtschaft: Rating statt Raten!. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden, p. 315-327Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report