Beta Alpha Psi Ethics Award - sponsored by Grant Thornton LLP

We are very excited to introduce the first Beta Alpha Psi Ethics Award, sponsored by Grant Thornton. A total of $20,000 will be awarded to up to four chapters in the amount of $5,000 each. Chapters will be awarded at the 2012 Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD.

The purpose of the award is to help encourage ethical behavior throughout the accounting, finance and information technology professions. The business world has experienced the ethical failures of many individuals and organizations in the accounting and finance profession over the past decade. These actions have had detrimental and lasting effects on the economy and individual investors and has damaged the reputation of the information professions. It is a core value of Beta Alpha Psi to encourage ethical behavior, represented through the “E” in the “BRIDGE” acronym. One way to encourage this behavior is to examine difficult situations demanding ethical responses and by recognizing the resulting exemplary ethical behavior by individuals and/or organizations in the professions, government, business, academia and not-for-profits.

Please refer to the BAP Ethics Award PDF for more information. This information will also be available on the BAP website under “Competitions”. Materials must be submitted by May 1st to qualify.

Check out the Ethics Award FAQs for answers to the most frequently asked questions.