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Rebecca C. Ruehle joined the Vrije Universiteit as an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Business Ethics at the beginning of 2020. Within her research she focuses on the ethics of nudging and critically assesses arguments in favour and against the use of nudges in the corporate sphere. Rebecca completed the doctoral program “Ethics and Responsible Leadership in Business” in 2019 and received her PhD from the University of Halle-Wittenberg in 2020. From October 2019 until December 2019 she was a visiting scholar at Tilburg University, Netherlands.
Furthermore, she was employed as a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Mannheim and a research assistant at the University of Halle-Wittenberg with the task to create and design an online course on behavioural business ethics. Between 2009 and 2015 Rebecca also worked for IBM with overseas assignments in the USA and China. In her main function Rebecca supported the IBM Corporate Citizenship department in Germany.
From 2016 to 2019 Rebecca was on the managing committee of the association sneep e.V., which is the largest German-speaking student network for ethics in economics and practise with over 500 active members in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. From 2018 to 2019 she served as the director of the committee.
Education
Rebecca graduated from the University of St Andrews with an MLitt in Moral, Political and Legal Philosophy and the University of Mannheim with an MA in Management, Philosophy and Psychology. She received a Bachelor Degree in International Business Administration from the DHBW Stuttgart. The Bachelor programme was organised in cooperation with IBM Germany.
Research
- (Behavioural) Business Ethics
- Corporate Nudging
- Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives
- Ethics and (digital) Technology
Teaching
- Business Ethics
- Digitalisation and Ethics
- Nudging
- The Nature and Value of Happiness
- Ethics
Grants
- ZonMw and NWO (2020-2022): Kwetsbaar in Amsterdam: De organisatie en effecten van de ondersteuning van kwetsbare groepen tijdens en na de coronacrisis. Together with Prof. Dr. ir. Elco van Burg and Dr. David Kroon.
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Beyond Black and White: Assessing the Legitimacy of Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives between the Descriptive and the Normative Perspective
Gombert, A. & Ruehle, R. C., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Business Ethics Quarterly. 35 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Vulnerable care: Temporality in collective action during the COVID-19 crisis
Kateb, S., Kroon, D., van Burg, E. & Ruehle, R. C., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Organization Studies.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Curated Cases on Social Justice and Digital Technologies: Illuminating Phenomena across the World
Agarwal, A., Cheung, C. M. K., Du, W., Edinger-Schons, L. M., Fang, Y., Krcmar, H., Lee, G., Lee, W. S., Martin, C., McDonald-Bärtl, A.-J., Risius, M., Roman-Almanzar, A. D., Ruehle, R. C., Schreieck, M., Usachova, O., Wiesche, M. & Zeng, D., 1 Dec 2024, In: MIS Quarterly. 48, 4, p. 1835-1868Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Building Common Ground: How Facilitators Bridge Between Diverging Groups in Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue
Grimm, J., Ruehle, R. C. & Reinecke, J., 15 Feb 2024, In: Journal of Business Ethics. 194, 3, p. 583-608Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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The Moral Permissibility of Digital Nudging in the Workplace: Reconciling Justification and Legitimation
Ruehle, R. C., Jul 2023, In: Business Ethics Quarterly. 33, 3, p. 502-531 30 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
Courses
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Mechanisms of vulnerability and resilience (MOVUS): (Re)designing the organization of digital care and housing for older persons.
Moser, C. (Project Researcher), Kateb, S. (Project Researcher), Ruehle, R. C. (Project Researcher), Ben-Menahem, S. (Project Researcher), Steijger, D. (Project Researcher) & van Burg, E. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/24 → 30/04/26
Project: Research
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Kwetsbaar in Amsterdam: De organisatie en effecten van de ondersteuning van kwetsbare groepen tijdens en na de corona-crisis
van Burg, E. (Principal Investigator), Kroon, D. (Project Researcher), Ruehle, R. C. (Project Researcher) & Kateb, S. (PhD candidate)
1/09/20 → 30/11/22
Project: Research
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Eine kontraktualistische Untersuchung der Autonomieverletzungen durch unternehmerisches Nudging
Rebecca C. Ruehle (Invited speaker)
23 Apr 2024Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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The Moral Permissibility of Digital Nudging in the Workplace: Reconciling Justification and Legitimation
Rebecca C. Ruehle (Invited speaker)
4 Oct 2023Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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Areas of Tensions in Self-Organization & Organizational Democracy. A Qualitative Investigation
Christian Kroll (Speaker), Rebecca C. Ruehle (Speaker) & Andreas Zeuch (Speaker)
5 Oct 2023Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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Areas of Tensions in Self-Organization & Organizational Democracy
Christian Kroll (Speaker), Rebecca C. Ruehle (Speaker) & Andreas Zeuch (Speaker)
7 Nov 2023Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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Building Common Ground: How Facilitators Bridge Between Diverging Groups in Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue
Julia Grimm (Speaker), Rebecca C. Ruehle (Speaker) & Juliane Reinecke (Speaker)
5 Oct 2023Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
Prizes / Grants
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Academy of Management (AOM): Finalist of the "SIM Best Student Paper Award"
Gombert, Adrian (Recipient) & Ruehle, Rebecca C. (Recipient), 2021
Prize / Grant: Prize › Academic
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DEVELOPING THE MANAGEMENT STUDIES COMMUNITY
Bacco, F. (Recipient), Sieweke, J. (Recipient), Khanagha, S. (Recipient), van den Broek, T. (Recipient), Ruehle, R. C. (Recipient) & Gillard, E. (Recipient), 8 Dec 2023
Prize / Grant: Grant › Academic
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Outstanding Reviewer Contribution at Journal of Business Ethics
Ruehle, Rebecca C. (Recipient), 2023
Prize / Grant: Prize › Academic
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Research Grant: Kwetsbaar in Amsterdam - De organisatie en effecten van de ondersteuning van kwetsbare groepen tijdens en na de coronacrisis
van Burg, Elco (Recipient), Kroon, David (Recipient) & Ruehle, Rebecca C. (Recipient), 2020
Prize / Grant: Grant › Academic
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Society for Business Ethics Founders’ Award for Emerging Scholars
Ruehle, Rebecca C. (Recipient), 2019
Prize / Grant: Prize › Academic