Prof. Dr. Markus Scholz
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Professor of Business Management, esp. Responsible Management
NameMr 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
2015
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Marketingethik – Ein Überblick , 3 Feb 2015, Corporate Social Responsibility: Verantwortungsvolle Unternehmensführung in Theorie und Praxis. Schneider, A. & Schmidpeter, R. (eds.). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, p. 721-734, Chapter 47Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
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Management von Shared Value – eine legitime Corporate Strategy , 2015, Corporate Social Responsibility: Verantwortungsvolle Unternehmensführung in Theorie und Praxis. Schneider, A. & Schmidpeter, R. (eds.). Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden, p. 543-555Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
2014
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Report: Creating Shared Value in the MOC Network: A Survey among the Members of the European MOC Chapter , 10 Dec 2014Research output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
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Darwinism and Organizational Ecology: A Case of Incompleteness or Incompatibility? , 1 Jun 2014, In: Philosophy of the social sciences. 44, 3, p. 365-374, 10 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Beyond Profit: Corporations as Corporate Citizens and the Duty to Speak Out Against Human Rights Violations , 10 Apr 2014Research output: Other contribution > Other
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European Economic Actors Divesting From Israel , Jan 2014, Corporate Social Responsibility in the EU and in Israel: Corporate Cultures regarding Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and their Impact on Conflict Solutions . Nathanson, R. (ed.). Tel Aviv, p. 8-11Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
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Creating Corporate Legitimacy and Shared Value , 2014Research output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
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Führen über Werte – der ehrbare Kaufmann , 2014, TRAiNiNG (AT)Research output: Other contribution > Other
Lectures:
- Responsible Management
- International Business Ethics
- Aktueller Forschungsdiskurs CSR und Business Ethics