Indonesian Management and Accounting Research
Vol. 16 No. 1 (2017): Indonesian Management and Accounting Research

Whether or Not Indonesia-Based Companies Consider Anti-Corruption Acts Important as Its Countrymen do

Paulina Permatasari (Parahyangan Catholic University)
Felix Wijaya Indra Putra (Parahyangan Catholic University)
Vania Natasha (Parahyangan Catholic University)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Dec 2020

Abstract

In Indonesia, the act of corruption is a prevalence. Anti-corruption acts have been waged for years, yet the problem of corruption remains unresolved. The rising awareness on sustainability accounting urges many companies to support anti-corruption acts. Whether or not these companies support is a different issue. Although GRI Standards view anti-corruption acts as an economic aspect, the corruption is an act of defiling the society’s trust and constitutes as a highly sensitive issue in a democratic country such as Indonesia. This study applies sensemaking theory to determine that Indonesia-based companies should have supported the anti-corruption acts and disclose them in their sustainability reports. A thorough content analysis on the sustainability reports of 80 Indonesia-based companies has been conducted with a view to finding disclosures of anti-corruption acts. The result shows that most of these companies do not disclose their anti-corruption acts. In a sensible sense, the commitments to supporting anti-corruption acts by companies result in the disclosure of such anti-corruption acts. The finding evidences how Indonesian company are still lacking in acts against corruption.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

imar

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

INDONESIA MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING RESEARCH (IMAR) is a peer-reviewed journal published two times a year (January-June, July-December) by the Publisher Institute of the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Trisakti (LPFEB Trisakti). IMAR is intended to be the journal for publishing ...