Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE)

Annual Ethics Bowl
 • University of Arizona
 • Eller School of Management Annual Ethics Case Competition
 • Baltimore Area Annual Regional Ethics Bowl

More than 120 colleges and universities from across the nation compete against one another by presenting solutions to interesting ethical dilemmas in a series of events called "Ethics Bowl." USNA participates in a Baltimore area competition, as well as the Southeast Regional Ethics Bowl, one of various regional meets in November, which serve as feeders for the national competition, which is held in early March during the annual meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics. These competitions are similar to panel debates, and use a set of 15 cases distributed to teams about one month before competitions.

In addition there is a distinct business ethics competition sponsored by the University of Arizona Eller School of Management in Tucson Arizona. This is not a debate competition, but revolves around a team produced business ethics PowerPoint presentation. Teams are composed of two presenters, and the presentation runs for approximately 20 minutes. It is followed up by a rigorous question and answer period with judges. The team and judges "role play" as players in the corporate world. All thirty teams in the competition handle the same case. They are given 2 weeks to prepare their presentation, an executive summary, and an essay concentrating on the ethical aspects of the case.