PhD Candidate
BA (Zeppelin University), MPhil (University of Cambridge)
Research topic
Corporate wrongdoing, top management, and social control
Biography
Rasmus is a PhD candidate in the Strategy & International Business subject group at Cambridge Judge Business School. His research focuses on the phenomenon of corporate wrongdoing – company actions that violate norms and harm stakeholders. In particular, Rasmus studies how the interplay of top management and firm behaviour with corporate and societal governance mechanisms affects corporate wrongdoing.
Rasmus holds a BA in Sociology, Politics & Economics from Zeppelin University and an MPhil in Strategy, Marketing & Operations from the University of Cambridge. Before embarking on his PhD, Rasmus worked in the corporate social responsibility department of a global automotive supplier and as a management consultant for clients in the technology, mobility and financial services sectors.
Research interests
Corporate wrongdoing; social evaluations; upper echelons theory; theory of the firm.
Rasmus Pichler is a member of the Strategy & International Business subject group.
Publications & papers
Roulet, T.J. and Pichler, R. (2020) “Blame game theory: scapegoating, whistleblowing and discursive struggles following accusations of organizational misconduct.” Organization Theory (DOI: 10.1177/2631787720975192) (published online Nov 2020)