Professional Profile

Dr. Silvia Traunwieser, MBL – Assistant Professor in Legal & Social Philosophy, Faculty of Law, Business and Economy, University of Salzburg (since 2006) https://www.plus.ac.at/department-legal-theory-international-european-law/der-fachbereich/department-of-social-sciences/philosophy-of-law-and-social-philosophy/ourteam/traunwieser/?lang=en.

Education & Roles

• Law degree and Master of Business Law (MBL)
• Coordinator of the CIVIS Bip Salzburg “Novel Research and Ethics: from Neuroscience to AI” (https://civis.eu/en/learn/civis-courses/novel-research-and-ethics-from-neuroscience-to-ai-1)
• Head of the University’s Curricula Commission since 2022, overseeing academic recognition and responsible for drawing up curricula.
• Vice‑President at the International Research Centre for Social and Ethical Issues (ifz).
• Recognized with the first‑place Distance Teaching Award 2020 for rapid and effective digital teaching implementation.

Research Focus

• Business & Economic Ethics: Corporate social responsibility, corruption, whistleblowing, code of conduct, corporate governance codes, homo economicus, digitalization/AI, home office, desk sharing, (digital) employee wellbeing, leadership, creativity, meaningful work, digital recruiting, and technostress.
• Medical Ethics: Digital medicine, In vitro fertilization, organ donation, and human dignity in the context of law and medical ethics.
• Neuroethics: non-invasive Brain-Computer-Interfaces in the context of businesses (employee wellbeing, lie detection), education (students wellbeing, personalized learning, cheating), law (lie detection, neurocrime, neuroprediction), and medicine (treatment, rehabilitation, assistive).
• With the currently developed 4‑Level Matrix of Leadership & Business Ethics that explores participation, autonomy, responsibility, and organizational justice in the digital workplace, five relevant ethical principles can be helpful in analyzing and reflecting different aspects of work and life.

Publications & Lectures

• Traunwieser, S. (2025). Neurodata-based headsets for the (digital) employee well-being–responsibilities between benefit and harm. International Journal of Ethics and Systems, 41(1), 64-87, . https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/ijoes-02-2024-0044/full/html.  
• Traunwieser, S. (2021). Einführung in die Unternehmensethik: Ausführungen zur 4-Ebenenmatrix der Führungs-und Unternehmensethik. facultas. https://www.facultas.at/zinfo/9783708920955/Leseprobe.pdf (141 pp).
• Numerous contributions in journals and edited volumes addressing ethical aspects in a digital world. Currently, I am working on neuroethics outside of its usual medical context, focusing on business, education, and law (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1122-7663).
• Lectures 2025/26
  • Introduction to business ethics
  • Case studies on business ethics - focus on digitalization
  • Neuro(business) ethics
  • Biomedical ethics
  • Legal working techniques (legal databases)

Teaching Excellence

• In March 2020, transformed her “Business Ethics Case Studies” seminar to distance mode within two days, launching live sessions on Webex by March 12. Her openness— even sharing glimpses of her family life—resonated deeply with students.
• Student feedback highlighted “a marked improvement in quality of submitted work” and enhanced motivation under her digital teaching.

zuletzt geändert: Jän 2026