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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

The Industry Panel “The Future of Production in Austria” of TU Wien is a regular and methodical representation of the status quo and the future expectations of domestic industry. The topics addressed include automation, digitalization, assistance systems and Industry 4.0 in the environment of assembly and production. With the platform “Made in Austria – Production […]Read more on FHWien der WKW is looking for executives for the Industry Panel 2022

A side effect of the digital transformation within work environments is a flood of available information. Triggered by the multiple forms of digital communication and mobile devices, many working people complain about “too much” information from which relevant data has to be filtered. This disrupts the efficiency of work processes, the creativity of employees and […]Read more on Digital assistance systems have not yet moved into the labs

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

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