Sebastian Oelrich
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Curriculum vitae
| since April 2024 | Assistant Professor Aarhus University, Denmark |
| 2021 - 2024 | Post-Doc at TU Dresden, Chair of Business Administration, esp. Management Accounting and Control, Germany |
| July - August 2022 | Visiting Professor Aarhus University, Denmark |
| December 2021 - February 2022 | Post-Doc/Research Associate, Chair of Business Economics/Accounting, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany (chairholder: Prof. Dr. Anne Chwolka) |
| January 2017 - November 2021 | Research Associate Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Germany |
| December 2021 | Doctorate Dr. rer. pol. Summa Cum Laude „Whistleblowing as a means to detect and prevent fraud: Four essays from different behavioral and economic perspectives.“ at Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Germany (submission December 2020) |
| 2018 - 2019 | Research associate, DFG (German Research Foundation) funded project “Crime-preventive effects of anti-corruption programs – German multinationals caught between country and company culture”, Prof. Dr. K.-D. Bussmann, Chair for Criminal Law and Criminology, Martin-Luther-University Halle, Germany (until project end) |
| 2014 - 2016 | LL.M. oec. Business Law & Economic Law, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany |
| 2015 - 2016 | Exchange semester at Southwest University of Political Science and Law in Chongqing, China |
| 2013 - 2016 | M. Sc. International Area Studies, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany |
| 2009 - 2013 | B. Sc. Business Economics, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany |
| 2008 - 2009 | Assistant Teacher at International School of the Regents, Thailand |
Duties and responsibilities within the chair
Research topics
- accountability
- auditing
- business ethics
- fraud
- non-financial disclosure
- organizational wrongdoing
Publications
Oelrich, S., Siebold, N., & Ketelhut, K. (2023). Diversity at work: Firms’ strategic responses to mandatory diversity disclosure. Accounting Horizons, online first. https://doi.org/10.2308/HORIZONS-2022-083
Siebold, S., Oelrich, S., & Roche, O. (2023). “I Am Your Partner, Am I Not?” An inquiry into stakeholder inclusion in platform organizations in times of crisis. Journal of Business Research, 160, online first. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.113776
Oelrich, S. (2023). I report if they report: The role of media in whistleblowing intentions on fraud and corruption. Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 85, 101-120. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20230000085006
Sombrowski, L., Oelrich, S., & Günther, Th. (2023). Best Practices bei Hinweisgebersystemen: Eine Analyse der Ausgestaltung und Berichterstattung der Unternehmen im DAX40. Die Wirtschaftsprüfung - WPg, in print.
Chwolka, A., Oelrich, S., & Otte, W. (2022): Zur Ausgestaltung von Whistleblowing Systemen in Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaften - eine empirische Studie. Die Wirtschaftsprüfung - WPg, 75(1), 11-19.
Oelrich, S. (2021): Whistleblowing im Finanzsektor: eine Zwischenbilanz mit Ausblick. Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen 34(4), pp. 685 - 698. https://doi.org/10.1515/fjsb-2021-0066.
Oelrich, S. (2021): Intention without action? Differences between whistleblowing intention and behavior on corruption and fraud. Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, 30(3), pp. 447 - 463 https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12337.
Oelrich, S., & Erlebach, K. (2021): Taking it outside: A study of legal contexts and external whistleblowing in China and India. Asian Journal of Business Ethics 10, pp. 129 – 151 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13520-021-00125-y.
Bussmann, K.-D., Oelrich, S., Schroth, A. & Selzer, N. (2021): The Impact of Corporate Culture and CMS. A Cross-Cultural Analysis on Internal and External Preventive Effects on Corruption. Springer https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72151-0 .
Selzer, N. & Oelrich, S. (2021): Saint or Satan? The Influence of Moral Development and Dark Triad Traits on Cybercriminal Intent. In M. Weulen Kranenbarg & R. Leukfeldt (Eds.), Cybercrime in Context. The human factor in victimization, offending, and policing. Springer https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60527-8_11.
Chwolka, A. & Oelrich, S. (2020): Whistleblowing als Mittel zur Prävention und Detektion von Wirtschaftskriminalität in Deutschland - Zwischen Helden- und Denunziantentum. Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis (BFuP), 72(4), pp. 445 - 471.
Oelrich, S., Chwolka, A. & Raith, M. (2020): Betriebswirtschaftslehre als Gestaltungswissenschaft? Neue Ansätze und empirische Erkenntnisse. In H. Pechlaner & S. Speer (Eds.), Responsible Entrepreneurship. Verantwortlich handeln in einer globalisierten Welt, pp. 69-91. Springer https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-31616-7_4.
Oelrich, S. (2020): Remarks on “Role of retaliation and value orientation in whistleblowing intentions” by Dhamija & Rai (2018). Asian Journal of Business Ethics, 9(1), pp. 23 - 27 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13520-019-00097-0.
Oelrich, S. (2019): Making regulation fit by taking irrationality into account: the case of the whistleblower. Business Research, 12(1), pp. 175 - 207 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40685-019-0094-6.
Prizes
2021 EURAM research grant (together with A. Chwolka)
2021 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) congress grant
2021 EURAM best reviewer nomination OB SIG
2021 EURAM best paper nomination OB SIG
2020 DAAD congress grant
2020 GfeW Reinhard Selten research grant (together with M.-F. Neubert)
2020 LZSG Innovation in teaching grant OvGU
2019 LZSG Innovation in teaching grant OvGU
2019 Teaching award faculty of business economics OvGU SS 2019
2018 LZSG Innovation in teaching grant OvGU
2017 Award for best master thesis in Business Law & Economic Law
2015/16 DAAD exchange grant
Academic Memberships
European Accounting Association (EAA)
European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM)
European Academy of Management (EURAM)
European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS)
Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V. (VHB)
Economy & Crime Research Center
Gesellschaft für experimentelle Wirtschaftsforschung e.V. (GfeW)