Article Markus Scholz: Responsibility of the pharmaceutical industry in the Corona crisis
The pharmaceutical industry is particularly challenged in the Corona crisis – also in ethical terms. In order to meet its responsibility, cooperation and self-control are needed. Prof. Dr. Markus Scholz (Head of Center for Corporate Governance & Business Ethics at WKW’s Vienna University of Applied Sciences) and N. Craig Smith (INSEAD Chair in Ethics and […]Read more on Article Markus Scholz: Responsibility of the pharmaceutical industry in the Corona crisis
Guest commentary Markus Scholz: Industry needs “pooling” of all forces
How to deal with the increased demand for drugs in the Corona crisis? The pharmaceutical industry is particularly challenged in the corona crisis – also from an ethical point of view. Self-control is needed to prevent the best bidder principle for drugs. In addition, politics must reform competition rules, says Markus Scholz (Head of Center […]Read more on Guest commentary Markus Scholz: Industry needs “pooling” of all forces
Sustainability Centres Community Workshop postponed to 2021
We are sorry to announce that, after careful consideration, we have decided to delay the Network for Business Sustainability Sustainability Centres Community Workshop to summer 2021 because of the corona virus. Please stay tuned to updates in the next few months regarding the 2021 date. We are sad about the circumstances but happy that the […]Read more on Sustainability Centres Community Workshop postponed to 2021
Clemens Löffler published an article on transfer pricing
In the just published April issue 2020 of the magazine “Controller Magazin” a practical article by Clemens Löffler (Senior Researcher, FHWien der WKW) has been published. In the article entitled “International transfer pricing in the area of conflict between taxation and control” Clemens Löffler shows that the conflict of objectives of international transfer pricing (between […]Read more on Clemens Löffler published an article on transfer pricing
Strategy Morning ” Digitalization in the Health Care System
The first Strategy Morning 2020 on the topic of “Digitization in the Health Care System” took place on March 3, 2020. Anita Rieder (Vice Rector MedUni Vienna), Matthias Lichtenthaler (Federal Computing Centre) and Christine Stadler-Häbich (Roche) presented interesting approaches to the digital transformation in the health care system. The digital transformation of the health care […]Read more on Strategy Morning ” Digitalization in the Health Care System
Article about Design Challenges of Digital Transformation
Ann-Christine Schulz (FHWien der WKW), together with Martin Gersch, Stefan Güldenberg, Wolfgang H. Güttel, Gordon Müller-Seitz and Birgit Renzl, has written an article about “Design Challenges of Digital Transformation: Recognizing, Designing or Leaving Paths?. In this article, the researchers describe how the digital transformation is embedded in corporate strategies: Digital transformation describes the current change […]Read more on Article about Design Challenges of Digital Transformation
Global business with local clichés
David Bourdin, Teaching & Research Associate at the Competence Center for Marketing at FHWien der WKW, explains in a press interview how consumers can perceive global brands. […]Read more on Global business with local clichés
Markus Scholz as guest editor of the special issue Review of Managerial Science
Dr. Markus Scholz (Head of Center for Corporate Governance & Business Ethics) was guest editor of a special issue of “Review of Managerial Science”. The special issue is dedicated to the topic of third-party funding of universities. The introduction to the special edition, written by Matthias Fink (Johannes Kepler University Linz), Isabella Hatak (University of […]Read more on Markus Scholz as guest editor of the special issue Review of Managerial Science
Business and Human Rights
Business and human rights: How can companies deal with countries that do not have sufficient human rights protections in place? One year after the murder of journalist Jamal Kashoggi in a Saudi embassy, Markus Scholz (Head of Center for Corporate Governance & Business Ethics) reflects on corporate reactions to this case and discusses how corporations […]Read more on Business and Human Rights
Bringing the sustainable development goals to life
This theme is supporting FHWien der WKW’s efforts to implement the United Nations SDGs into the curricula. “As a university of applied sciences for management and communication, we recognize the importance of the SDGs in the training of future managers,” says Beater Huber, Head of Department and Chair of the Academic Board at FHWien der […]Read more on Bringing the sustainable development goals to life