Prof. Dr. Markus Scholz

Professor of Business Management, esp. Responsible Management

Mr Prof. Dr. Markus Scholz

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Biography

Markus Scholz is professor of Business Management, especially Responsible Management, at Dresden University of Technology.

His research focuses on the areas of “innovation and transformation,” “strategic management,” and “business ethics” (in particular, “business and human rights” and “political engagement and political responsibility of companies”). The research contexts of his conceptual and empirical research include multinational corporations, family businesses, governmental organizations, and non-governmental organizations.

After studying business administration, economics and philosophy – including at Leibniz University Hannover and the London School of Economics and Political Science – his academic positions in teaching and research took him to the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science at the London School of Economics and the Zicklin Centre for Business Ethics Research at Wharton Business School, among others. In Vienna, he also founded and headed the "Institute for Business Ethics and Sustainable Strategy" (IBES) of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce and the Josef Ressel "Centre for Collective Action and Responsible Management" (CARe), which is funded by the Christian Doppler Society. In addition, Professor Scholz served as European Chairman of the Microeconomics-of-Competitiveness-Network organised by Harvard Business School. Since 2018, he has been a visiting scholar and adjunct professor at INSEAD, in addition to his position at TU Dresden.

His research has been published in leading international journals, including Business Ethics Quarterly, Business & Society, California Management Review, Journal of Business Ethics, MIT Sloan Management Review, Organisation Studies, Organisation Theory, and The British Journal for Philosophy of Science.

In addition, his expertise is frequently featured in international mass media, including ARD, ARTE, Die Presse, Der Standard, Die Zeit, FAZ, Forbes, Handelsblatt, NZZ, ORF, Spiegel Online, Wirtschaftswoche and the Financial Times.

Markus Scholz is a member of committees of international companies, non-governmental organisations and scientific communities. Since 2022, he has been the scientific coordinator of the ‘Business Ethics’ working group of the Schmalenbach Society.

In addition to his academic work, Professor Scholz advises public institutions and companies in the areas of business strategy, CSR, responsible management, transformation and sustainability, and is regularly sought after as a keynote speaker and trainer.

Research interests

Innovation & transformation
Strategic management
Business ethics (in particular political engagement and political responsibility of companies; companies and democracy; companies and human rights)

Memberships

Academy of Management
Schmalenbach Society (Head of the “Business Ethics” working group)
Society for Business Ethics
Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economic Association)

Publications

103 Entries

2018

Human Rights as Hypernorms - ISCT* as a Managerial Norm-Taking FrameworkScholz, M., 2018Research output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
Reasons for Collective Corporate Norm-Making: Why Companies Co-Create the Rules of the GameScholz, M. & Riegler, M., 2018Research output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
The Enduring Potential of Justified HypernormsScholz, M., de los Reyes, G. & Smith, N. C., 2018Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Preprint/documentation/report > Working paper
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)

Other Activities

108 Entries

2026

Wirtschaft mit Werten - Verantwortung neu denken Scholz, M. (Speaker), Planert, S. (Speaker) 20 Jan 2026 Activity: Talk or presentation at external institutions/events > Keynote > Invited
Wirtschaft mit Werten Scholz, M. (Participant) 13 Jan 2026 Activity: Other activities > Other activity