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In permanent crisis mode, how do we react to events that can be interpreted in amazingly different ways through Fake News? On May 10, 2022, political scientist Mag. Natascha Strobl discussed this question with the two business ethicists Prof. Thomas Beschorner and FH-Prof. Markus Scholz. Dr. Daniela Ortiz moderated the event, hosted by the Institute for Business Ethics and Sustainable… […]Read more on “Understand, Mediate, Defend” A wrap-up of the panel discussion “Society & Emotion: What do we learn from current crises?”

The Institute for Business Ethics & Sustainable Strategy (IBES) at FHWien der WKW will host a high-level conference on “Revisiting the Political Responsibility of Business” in Vienna from May 5-7, 2022. […]Read more on 11th Trans-Atlantic Business Ethics Conference (TABEC)

FHWien der WKW at the 15th Research Forum for Austrian Universities of Applied Sciences […]Read more on Together towards a sustainable and resilient future

Business activity is a major source of global carbon emissions. But how can we push businesses to deliver on the climate neutral (net-zero) agenda when their bottom line is at stake? That is what we asked Prof. Jonatan Pinkse in an interview with radio station Radio Radieschen. Last Thursday we had the pleasure to welcome […]Read more on Pushing Climate Neutrality in Businesses: Interview with Prof. Jonatan Pinkse

Tesla founder Elon Musk supports Ukraine with his satellite internet. He is acting politically. Morally, that may be right. But his actions are not legitimate. It is furthermore extremely dangerous. In his op-de article in the newspaper Wirtschaftswoche, Prof. Dr. Markus Scholz, Head of Institute for Business Ethics and Sustainable Strategy (IBES), analyzes the support […]Read more on Risky Political Commitment of Corporations in the Case of War: an op-ed article by Markus Scholz in Wirtschaftswoche

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

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

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?

On November 16, 2021, the first workshop for corporate partners of the Josef Ressel Center for Collective Action and Responsible Partnerships (JR Center CARe), organized by the Institute for Business Ethics and Sustaianble Stategy at FHWien der WKW, took place. On board were the City of Vienna competence team Change for Corporate Sustainability (TransformS) as […]Read more on We CARe – The Corporate Partner Workshop for Strategic Sustainability Management