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The 2022 World Cup in Doha will follow the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Once again, human rights are at stake. Is the red card for Qatar and consorts indicated? The business ethicist FH Prof. Dr. Markus Scholz thinks: Yes. Standard Forschung Spezial spoke with Prof. Dr. Markus Scholz, Head of Institute for Business Ethics & […]Read more on Companies in the area of tension between sporting events and ethical issues: Markus Scholz on the 2022 World Cup in Doha

How the capital market assesses the legitimacy of management decisions […]Read more on Reactions of the stock market to corporate layoffs

The symposium will take place from June 8-9, 2022 in Brussels and will focus on "Pools as a Means of Political Legitimation". Questions about the credibility of surveys, the political staging of survey results and also the effect of transnational survey results, such as the Eurobarometer, will be dealt with. […]Read more on Call for Papers for conference cooperation PROTAGORAS Symposium 2022

Students of the Bachelor’s program in Digital Business at FHWien der WKW have developed a virtual digital consultant that supports small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in their digital transformation. The prototype was developed as part of the project “SME method case”. Its goal is to provide a holistic and industry-independent solution for SMEs to enter […]Read more on Virtual Digital Consultant for Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SMEs)

Prof. Dr. Markus Scholz, will give a lecture in the course of the event series “Olympia und Propaganda” on January 17, 2022 at 19:30. His lecture is entitled “Olympic Games from the perspective of business ethics”. The upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics will be held in China. The aim of this online event series is to […]Read more on Markus Scholz in POLITICO and as speaker on the topic “Olympic Games & Business Ethics”

In a guest commentary in the daily newspaper Der Standard Markus Scholz, Head of our Institute for Business Ethics & Sustainable Strategy (IBES), and Thomas Beschorner from the University of St.Gallen write about German and Austrian companies that act as”corporate citizens” in favor of vaccination. You can read the article here. […]Read more on When Companies are Political

Digital transformation is one among the greatest challenges for companies in all sectors. This also affects the many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that shape Vienna as a business location. They are forced to leave old paths and integrate digital innovations into their organizations. However, not all companies find these changes easy. The research project […]Read more on How can companies find the balance between efficiency and innovation?

Corporate responsibility to defend human rights: Analyses and strategies Companies are regularly confronted with human rights violations. Although the protection of human rights has historically been primarily the responsibility of governments, companies also have a responsibility as so-called corporate citizens. Prof. Dr. Markus Scholz (Head of the Institute for Business Ethics and Sustainable Strategy at […]Read more on Does Your Business Need a Human Rights Strategy?

E-assessments should be more than just an emergency solution. Jasmin Séra from the City of Vienna Competence Team for the Digitalization of Communication presented the various approaches at the EADTU I-HE Conference 2021 in Bari, Italy. […]Read more on Research on distance learning finds international resonance

As part of the leading conference on organizational research, the IDS of FHWien der WKW presents a sub-theme in cooperation with TU Wien and FU Berlin. […]Read more on IDS at the EGOS Colloquium 2022 in Vienna – Call for Papers