Cases, Rules, & Guidelines
APPE Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl ®
CURRENT CASES
The 2025-2026 Regional Case Set will be released on Wednesday, September 3.
The 2026 National Case Set will be released in December.
CASE LIBRARY
- 2025 APPE IEB® National Competition Case Set
- 2024-25 Regional Ethics Bowl Case Set
- 2024 APPE IEB® National Competition Case Set
- 2023-24 Regional Ethics Bowl Competition Case Set
- 2023 APPE IEB® National Competition Case Set
- 2022-23 Regional Ethics Bowl Competition Case Set
- 2022 APPE IEB® National Competition Case Set
- 2021-22 Regional Ethics Bowl Competition Case Set
- 2001-2021 Case Library (Opens to Google Drive)
A new, searchable case library organized by topic is now available via Google docs! This is our first step in providing an interacive case library.
Case Archive A includes the following topics:
- Animal Welfare and Ethics
- Art and Cultural Heritage
- Bioethics
- Business Ethics
- Civic Duty and Democracy
- Cultural Ethics
- Disability Rights
- Education
- End-Of-Life Ethics
- Environmental Ethics
- Equality and Discrimination
- Epistemology and Truth
Case Archive B includes the following topics:
- Free Speech
- Global Justice
- Healthcare Ethics
- Immigration
- Labor Ethics
- Law and Justice
- Media Ethics and Journalism
- Parenting and Childhood
- Personal and Relational Ethics
- Professional Ethics
- Political Ethics
- Religious Freedom
- Reproductive Ethics
- Sports Ethics
- Technology and Privacy
- War and Military Ethics
RULES, FAQs, AND GUIDELINES
- APPE IEB® Regional Rules
- APPE IEB® Regional FAQs
- APPE IEB® National Rules
- APPE IEB® National FAQs
- APPE IEB® Etiquette
JUDGE TRAINING MATERIALS
- Judge Training Videos
- Guide to Asking Judge's Questions
- Guide to Scoring for Judges and Teams
- Fillable Scoring Sheet (2020)
MODERATOR TRAINING VIDEOS AND WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS
Submit a Case Idea
Have an idea for an Ethics Bowl Case? Email it to ethicsbowl@appe-ethics.org.