Beta Alpha Psi Sponsors Film on White-Collar Crime

By Jacqueline Molik Ghosen

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The School of Management’s chapter of Beta Alpha Psi will host a screening of “Crossing the Line: Ordinary People Committing Extraordinary Crimes” at 7 p.m., Oct. 18, in the Newman Center on UB’s North Campus.

“Crossing the Line” documents how ordinary people fall victim to white-collar crime at various points in their professional careers.

Kelly Richmond Pope, the project’s creator and executive producer, will attend the screening and lead a discussion following the film. Pope is an assistant professor of accounting at DePaul University and former forensic accountant with KPMG LLP.

The film won the 2012 Mark Chain/FSA Innovation in Graduate Teaching Award and the 2012 Best Contribution to Teaching award from the Professionalism and Ethics Committee and the Public Interest of the American Accounting Association.

Contact Kathy Nesper at ksnesper@buffalo.edu by Oct. 15 for reservations.

Beta Alpha Psi is an international financial information organization for students and professionals. The School of Management’s Zeta Theta chapter has been recognized as one of the best in the world, receiving the 2012 KPMG Gold Chapter award, an honor bestowed on only nine chapters out of the 296 worldwide.

The UB School of Management is recognized for its emphasis on real-world learning, community and economic impact, and the global perspective of its faculty, students and alumni. The school has been ranked by Bloomberg Businessweek, the Financial Times, Forbes, U.S. News & World Report and The Wall Street Journal for the quality of its programs and the return on investment it provides its graduates. For more information about the UB School of Management, visit mgt.buffalo.edu.

The University at Buffalo is a premier research-intensive public university, a flagship institution in the State University of New York system and its largest and most comprehensive campus. UB’s more than 28,000 students pursue their academic interests through more than 300 undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs. Founded in 1846, the University at Buffalo is a member of the Association of American Universities.