International Journal of Social Service and Research
Vol. 3 No. 3 (2023): International Journal of Social Service and Research (IJSSR)

Financial Statement Fraud, Audit Committee and Audit Quality: Insight into Fraud Diamond Theory

Nikmah Nikmah (Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Bengkulu)
Muhammad Robby Arjoen (Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Bengkulu)



Article Info

Publish Date
16 Mar 2023

Abstract

Based on the Fraud diamond theory, the study investigates whether the audit and quality committee can strengthen or weaken financial statement fraud. this study aims to prove the influence of diamond fraud on the potential for financial statement fraud and that the audit and quality committee can strengthen or weaken the effect of diamond fraud on the potential for financial statement fraud. This study sample was selected using the purposive sampling method and obtained 850 observations from 214 companies’ sector non-financial listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2016-2019. Furthermore, this study uses secondary data obtained from www.idx.co.id and each company's website. Data analysis in this study using logistic regression. The result of this study indicates that variable financial stability, board change, and financial target positively affect the detection of fraudulent financial statements. In contrast, variable external pressure, ineffective monitoring, and auditor change do not affect the detection of fraudulent financial statements. As the first variable moderating in this study, the audit committee does not affect weakening the relationship between fraud diamonds and fraudulent financial statements. On the other hand, audit quality, as the second moderating variable in this study, weakens the relationship between external pressure and ineffective monitoring of fraudulent financial statements.

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ijssr

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Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Economics, Econometrics & Finance Environmental Science Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Social Sciences

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International Journal of Social Service and Research is a double-blind, peer-reviewed academic journal with open access to social and scientific fields. The journal is published monthly by Ridwan Institute. International Journal of Social Service and Research provides a means for sustained ...