Managing Sustainable Luxury and Digitalization

Mario D. Schultz is an assistant professor of international management at Franklin University Switzerland, where he teaches "Sustainable Luxury Management." He is the co-founder of the Luxury Observatory Lugano (LOL), together with Peter Seele. Prior to joining Franklin University Switzerland, Dr. Schultz worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Universita della Svizzera Italiana (USI). He studied business administration at the University of Vienna and the University of Amsterdam.

His primary research interests are corporate social responsibility, luxury management, business ethics, corporate sustainability management, and information and communication technology. More specific research topics include the ethical use of artificial intelligence and algorithmic pricing, greenwashing and machinewashing, sustainable luxury management, and new conceptualizations of corporate social/political responsibility in the digital age.

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Peter Seele is a professor of corporate social responsibility and business ethics at USI Lugano, Switzerland, and co-founder of LOL, together with Mario D. Schultz. Professor Seele holds a PhD each in philosophy (University of Duesseldorf) and economics (University of Witten/Herdecke), worked two years as a business consultant in Frankfurt, and, prior to Lugano, was an assistant professor at the University of Basel. Next to USI Lugano he is also a guest professor at the University of St. Gallen, where he teaches "Philosophy of Luxury."

His primary research interests are business ethics, digital ethics, greenwashing, machinewashing, and the cultural and philosophical underpinnings of luxury.