The 2027 International Business Ethics and Sustainability Case Competition (IBESCC) will be held Tuesday through Sunday, April 6th-10th.
The online divisions will compete on April 6 and 7. The in-person competition will convene on April 8-10 in Los Angeles on the LMU Westchester campus. The winners for all divisions will be announced on the evening of Saturday, April 10th at the awards ceremony, which will be livestreamed.
This competition is open to all colleges and universities and has divisions for both graduate and undergraduate teams. To see the competition schedule, visit the Schedule and Travel page.
Limited financial aid is available - please email ibes@lmu.edu or call Chiray Koo at (213)-268-0789 for more details.
Team Registration:
- The virtual competition will be capped at 20 teams, and the in-person competition will be capped at 25 teams.
- Each school is permitted to send up to 2 teams, any combination of undergraduate/graduate and online/in-person.
Registration will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis, and a waiting list will be available once capacity is reached.
After submitting the registration form, you will receive a follow-up email within 24 hours with payment instructions or your waitlist status. Teams that receive payment instructions will have two weeks to submit payment in order to secure their spot. If payment is not received within this period, your spot will be released.
To register a team, use this link. If a collage/university has more than 1 team, each must be registered separately.
Please Note: If you do not know all of the names of your team members yet, please put "TBD" into the Team Member Name and Team Member Email sections on the form.
Payment Information:
- The in-person registration fee is $630 per team. It covers the cost of the Welcome Dinner and Awards Banquet for up to six (6) students and advisors combined. The cost for any additional attendees is $95 per additional person. Email us if you would like to include additional people at the dinners.
- The online registration fee is $305 per team.
- Payments for online and in-person teams cannot be combined and must be paid in separate transactions.
DEADLINES
Friday, January 29: Team Name and Topics Due
Monday, March 1: Executive Summaries Due