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Corporate Philanthropy and Earnings Management: The Moderating Role of Accounting Conservatism Ginting, Mitha Christina; Situmorang, Duma Rahel; Sagala, Lamria; Sibarani, Apriani M; Silalahi, Mulatua P
Jurnal Ilmiah Accusi Vol. 7 No. 2 (2025): Jurnal Ilmiah Accusi
Publisher : Program Studi Akuntansi Universitas Simalungun

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This research investigates the relationship between corporate philanthropy and earnings management practices, with particular emphasis on the moderating role of accounting conservatism in publicly listed companies. Drawing upon legitimacy theory, agency theory, and stakeholder theory, this study examines how corporate philanthropic activities influence managerial discretion in financial reporting and whether conservative accounting practices constrain opportunistic earnings manipulation. Using Structural Equation Modeling with Partial Least Squares (PLS-SEM) analysis on 128 publicly listed companies across multiple countries (640 firm-year observations, 2020-2024), the research demonstrates that corporate philanthropy significantly reduces earnings management practices (β = -0.487, p < 0.001). Accounting conservatism substantially moderates this relationship (β = -0.356, p < 0.001), strengthening the negative effect of philanthropy on earnings management. The model explains 54.8% of earnings management variance. This study provides comprehensive empirical evidence of how corporate social responsibility initiatives, particularly philanthropic activities, interact with accounting quality mechanisms to enhance financial reporting integrity in contemporary business environments
Literasi Penyusunan Laporan Keuangan UMKM (Usaha Mikro, Kecil Dan Menengah) Pada Desa di Kecamatan Girsang Sipangan Bolon Kabupaten Simalungun Purba, Dimita Hemalli Premasari; Situmorang, Duma Rahel; Elisabeth, Duma M.; Silitonga, Ivo M.; Simanjuntak, Wesly A.; Nainggolan, Arison; Simanjuntak, Arthur; Sagala, Lamria; Silalahi, Mulatua P.; Sagala, Farida; Panjaitan, Rike Y.; Ginting, Mitha C.; Simanjuntak, Gracesiela Y.; Junita, Rahel; Purba, Sahala; Pasaribu, Dompak; Mesakh, Januardi; Sipayung, Tri Dharma; Simanjuntak, Rimky M. P.; Siahaan, Septony B.; Napitupulu, Merry Anna; Sembiring, Yosephine N.; Sibarani, Apriani M.
Jurnal Pengabdian Pada Masyarakat METHABDI Vol 5 No 1 (2025): Jurnal Pengabdian Pada Masyarakat METHABDI
Publisher : Universitas Methodist Indonesia

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The Team in collaboration with Parapat Village, Kecamatan Girsang Sipangan Bolon Kabupaten Simalungun helps MSME actors in improving and developing their products through a accounting approach, recording transactions clearly, completely and correctly, so that in the end MSME actors can carry out their business activities. As a benefit of this assistance, in the form of cooperation carried out by two institutions, namely MSME actors will benefit from knowledge and skills to accounting and record transactions that are useful for decision making. For the Service Team, it will add relationships and understanding of community business activities.