BAP Competitions

For deadlines and contact information please see the Competition Summary page.

Service Learning: Learning by Using Your Skills to Help a Local Organization
Purpose: To encourage chapters to commit to and engage in ongoing service learning activities during the year. VITA programs are not to be considered for this project.

Ethics and Integrity in Business: Identify and/or Promote Ethical Business Practices
Purpose: To promote ethics and integrity in business practice by: (1) recognizing those individual and organization exemplars that already adhere to high standards of ethics and integrity in business practice; and, (2) by developing materials that will help other individuals and organizations emulate the exemplar. At least two options suggest themselves for this project. Chapters are to create one Best Practice Project, not one per option.

Chapter Sustainability: The Future Success of Your Chapter
Purpose: Development and execution of strategies that promote greater participation in Chapter and Regional activities by one or more of the following groups: (1) candidate, student, faculty, alumni and honorary members; and, (2) greater ongoing participation by representatives from the business community.

Ernst & Young LLP Diversity Award

An inclusive work environment that values and leverages the unique differences of a diverse team is critical for the future success of the global business community. Over ninety percent (90%) of the Fortune 500 companies have active diversity initiatives in place and most include diversity as part of its business strategy. Ernst & Young leadership fully understands the importance of an inclusive environment that values the contributions of all its people. The firm believes that a key element of effective teaming is the diversity of thought generated from team members from different backgrounds and perspectives. Highly effective leaders are those who are experienced at leading diverse teams.

Ernst & Young also believes that it is important for future leaders of the business community to have a great appreciation and understanding of how to successfully team in a diverse and inclusive environment. Accordingly, EY has initiated the “Ernst & Young LLP Diversity Award”.

Gold Chapter Challenge

BAP recognizes that many chapters often go above and beyond what is required to become a Superior Chapter. In an effort to reward these chapters, The KPMG Foundation is working with BAP to sponsor the KPMG Gold Challenge, a competition that will provide an annual monetary award to several top chapters. Eligible chapters will be required to submit a 10-minute video presentation which explains and/or demonstrates why their chapter deserves the KPMG Gold Challenge award. The winning chapters will be announced during a plenary session at the Annual BAP Conference.

Project Run With It

“Project Run With It” is a case competition that is held during the BAP Annual Meeting. The competition brings BAP students from as many as 60 chapters together to develop solutions to real life business problems of actual not-for-profit (NFP) agencies. The NFP agencies provide background information and answer the participating students’ questions. Students, working in teams of four, have one day to develop possible solutions and present them to the organization that their team is assigned.

Medal of Inspiration

Beta Alpha Psi students are already “good” students. They have strong GPAs, they contribute to their communities through service, and demonstrate commitment to professional ideals and ethics. We want to encourage them to go the next level and strive to be “great.” An integral part of this encouragement is for students to hear life stories of other students who been particularly inspirational.

This year, Beta Alpha Psi and the AICPA are once again jointly sponsoring a program whereby such inspirational stories can be shared, thereby encouraging others to reach within and find the “greatness” in themselves.

VITA

Beta Alpha Psi and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have partnered to sponsor national awards for chapters participating in the VITA program.