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Journal : JER

Building Public Trust through Transparency and Accountability: A Systematic Review of the Role of Public Sector Accounting Adolf Z.D. Siahay
Jurnal Economic Resource Vol. 6 No. 2 (2023): September - February
Publisher : Fakultas Ekonomi & Bisnis Universitas Muslim Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.57178/jer.v6i2.1504

Abstract

The crisis of trust in public institutions has become a growing concern amidst increasing demands for transparency and accountability in governance. In this context, public sector accounting plays a strategic role as an instrument to strengthen institutional legitimacy and integrity of public services. This study aims to systematically examine the relationship between public sector accounting practices, financial information transparency, institutional accountability, and public trust. The method used is Systematic Literature Review (SLR) with a qualitative descriptive approach. Data sources came from reputable scientific publications obtained through purposive sampling technique with certain inclusion and exclusion criteria. The literature review process includes the stages of identification, selection, extraction, and synthesis of data, with an additional snowballing strategy to expand coverage. The results show that public sector accounting practices, especially those that are accrual-based and refer to international standards such as IPSAS, support the continuous improvement of transparency and accountability. Good transparency proves to be a prerequisite for institutional accountability, which in turn plays a role in building public trust. This study concludes that public trust is not formed directly but is the result of a structured public financial management system with integrity. The implications of this research encourage the need for comprehensive, collaborative, and participatory governance-oriented public sector accounting policy reform.