Dr C Gross (Claudia)

How can organizations be designed to truly support ethical behavior and responsible conduct? What does it take to turn academic insights into practices that make a difference? These are the questions that drive my international high-level research, my public scholarship, and my teaching.
As an internationally recognized scholar in organizing irresponsibility and responsibility, I bridge profound insights into what goes wrong with how it can be done better by drawing on virtue ethics, organizational design, and my profound expertise on new forms of organizing, such as multi-level marketing and gig work.
My interdisciplinary background in Business Administration, Sociology, and Philosophy lets me address complex real-world challenges faced by organizations, its members, and society.
Through my public scholarship—media attention in numerous countries—I share insights and advocate for fairer, more ethical practices in multilevel marketing and beyond. In my teaching, I am passionate about empowering (future) professionals to become responsible agents, fostering participatory learning and applied ethics in every context.
Tags: organizational design, ethics in organizations, virtue ethics, multi-level marketing, organizational misbehavior, public engagement.