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
Relevant publications (selection)
- Kump, B. & Scholz, (2022) ‘Organizational Routines as a Source of Ethical Blindness’, Organization Theory, Vol. 3 (1), February 26, 2022.
- Smith, N.C., Scholz, M., Williams, J. (2021): ‘Does Your Business Need a Human Rights Strategy?’, MIT Sloan Management Review, December 2, 2021 [Winter issue].
- Scholz, M., de los Reyes, G. & Smith, N.C. (2019): ‘The Enduring Potential of Justified Hypernorms’, Business Ethics Quarterly Vol. 29 (3), pp. 317-342.
- De los Reyes, G., Scholz, M. & Smith, N.C. (2017): ‘Beyond the “Win-Win”: Creating Shared Value Requires Ethical Frameworks’, California Management Review, Vol. 59 (2), pp. 142–167.
- Reydon, T.A.C. & Scholz, M. (2014): ‘Searching for Darwinism in Generalized Darwinism’, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 65 (2), pp. 1-29
- Scholz, M. & Reydon, T.A.C. (2013): ‘On the Explanatory Power of Generalized Darwinism: Missing Items on the Research Agenda’, Organization Studies, Vol. 34 (7), pp. 983-999.
A complete publication record can soon be found here.