The Indonesian Journal of Accounting Research
Vol 16, No 1 (2013): IJAR January 2013

Audit Committee Effectiveness and Fraud Occurrence

Christine Novita Dewi (Universitas Duta Wacana)
Gudono Gudono (Universitas Gadjah Mada)



Article Info

Publish Date
12 Aug 2013

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of audit committee effectiveness on the fraud occurrence within state-owned enterprises/BUMN. The study uses a Partial Least Square (PLS) based Structural Equation Model. The sample consists of thirty one state-owned companies (BUMN) – out of one hundred and fourty one BUMN which were actively operating in Indonesia during the period of 2007 – 2010 or about 22 percent of the existing BUMN. Samples were selected using the purposive sampling method.   The results show that audit committee effectiveness is negatively associated with fraud indications within BUMN. The more effective the audit committee, which is proxied by its members’ expertise, size and activeness of the audit committee in carrying out the role and duties, the fewer the indications of fraud.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijar

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

Private Sector : 1. Financial Accounting and Stock Market 2. Management and Behavioural Accounting 3. Information System, Auditing, and Proffesional Ethics 4. Taxation 5. Shariah Accounting 6. Accounting Education 7. Corporate Governance Public Sector 1. Financial Accounting 2. ...