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
2013
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On the Explanatory Power of Generalized Darwinism: Missing Items on the Research Agenda , 1 Jul 2013, In: Organization studies. 34, 7, p. 993-999, 8 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Financial Leadership und ethische Verantwortung , 26 Mar 2013, Financial Leadership: Vom Experten zum CEO. Zehetner, K. (ed.). Wien: Linde , p. 195-208Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
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Die soziale Verantwortung von Unternehmen , 25 Mar 2013, Manager in der Beschleunigung. : Habituelle Unternehmensethik. Hannover: Internationalismus Verlag, p. 156-166Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
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Der Zusammenhang zwischen Corporate Social Performance und Corporate Financial Performance , 2013, 40 p.Research output: Other contribution > Other
2012
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Einige Trends und Probleme der akademischen Unternehmensethik , 23 Nov 2012, Corporate Social Responsibility und Nachhaltigkeit: Vom Idealismus zur betrieblichen Realität. Köppl, P. & Engert, P. (eds.). Wien: Linde , p. 173-180Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
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Searching for Darwinism in the Generalized Darwinism of Evolutionary Economics , 2012Research output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
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Theorietransfer in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Explanatorische Defizite und normative Konsequenzen der Organizational Ecology , 2012, Bremen: Europäischer Hochschulverlag GmbH & Co. KGResearch output: Book/Report/Anthology > Monograph
2011
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Compliance Management und Ethicovigilance – Hard und Soft Law im Bereich der biomedizinischen Forschung , 2011, In: Deutsche Zeitschrift für klinische Forschung, Innovation und Praxis : DZKF. 2011, 7-8, p. 69-73Research output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Über die moralische Verantwortung von Unternehmen: Unternehmensethik zwischen Shareholder und Stakeholder Theory , 2011, In: Unimagazin : Forschungsmagazin der Leibniz Universität Hannover. p. 28-32Research output: Contribution to journal > Research article
2010
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Organizational Ecology: No Darwinian Evolution After All. A Rejoinder to Lemos , 1 Sep 2010, In: Philosophy of the social sciences. 40, 3, p. 504-512, 9 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Lectures:
- Responsible Management
- International Business Ethics
- Aktueller Forschungsdiskurs CSR und Business Ethics