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Tax evasion could be seen as an ethical deed or not depends on several factors. They are among others: gender, religiosity and Love of Money (LoM). The goal of the current research is to examine the effect of gender, religiosity, and LoM towards tax evasion ethical perception. The population of the research is undergraduate (S1) accounting students of private universities in Semarang. The sample used in the researchcovers the undergraduate accounting students of Dian Nuswantoro University, Soegijapranata Catholic University, Sultan Agung Islamic University, State University of Semarang, and University of Muhammadiyah Semarang. The sampling technique used in the research is accidental sampling. As much as 100 questionnaires have been delivered to the chosen respondents and all of them are declared properly to use. The analysis results using Smart-Partial Least Squares (PLS) 3.0 model show that gender and religiosity have impact on tax evasion ethical perception, however LoM does not. The results of the research show that religiosity and LoM do not mediate the relationship between gender and tax evasion ethical perception.

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of carbon emissions disclosure on financial performance, operational performance and cost of equity, the influence of financial performance, operational performance, and cost of equity on firm value, and to investigate the effect of carbon emissions disclosure on firm value mediated by financial performance, operational performance, and cost of equity. Population used is the whole company public listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange period 2013- 2015. Number of samples are 86 firms each year, was selected by purposive sampling method and using secondary data, i.e. the annual report. The analytical method used is path analysis and hypothesis mediation analysed by using Sobel test. The result of analysis show that carbon emissions disclosure have positive and significant effect on financial performance, operational performance and cost of equity. While financial performancebhave positive but not significant effect on firm value, operational performance have positive and significant effect onfirm value, and cost of equityhave negative and significant effect on firm value. This research also shows that the operational performance and cost of equity plays a role in mediating carbon emissions disclosure on firm value, while financial performance do not mediate the effect of carbon emissions disclosure on firm value. The implication is the firms should pay more attention to the company's relationship with the surrounding environment so that the company's image can be improved because the firm’s sustainability are not only determined by the level of profitability, but also they have to combine economic performance, the concentration of social justice, and responsibility towards environmental sustainability. Keywords: carbon emissions disclosure, financial performance, operational   performance, cost of equity and firm value

The development of technology is now something that is universal and can be utilized in various human lives. One of them is in business. In this era, it is undeniable that a computer is a component that must be owned by a company in running its business, in order to assist in processing data and help improve the quality of work and quality of service. In this case, Eka Jaya Electronics Shop is used as a place of research, because in this place the system is still manual and not well managed, so that errors often occur in making reports and in processing stock. The purpose of this study is to provide convenience when processing sales, purchasing, product data, supplier data and customer data, minimizing errors in recording. The research method used in this study is to use the R & D (Research and Development) method. This method is used to produce a certain product that is analytical and its effectiveness can be tested so it can be used in the wider community. In designing the system tools used are Flowcharts, Entity Relationship Diagrams and Context Diagrams, while for data collection using observation, interviews, and literature study. Database application development tools using MySQL and programming languages ​​using Visual Basic 6.0. With this information system, transaction data processing can be computerized so as to reduce errors in reporting. Keywords: Accounting Information Systems, Sales and Purchases, R&D Methods

This study examines the factors that affect the quality of audits at the existing KAP offices in the city of Semarang. This research was conducted in seven offices of KAP located in Semarang city by using auditor's analysis unit working in KAP office.The sampling method using Convenience sampling. The relationship or influence between variables is explained by using multiple linier regression analysis method and hypothesis test (t test). The results showed that the competence variables have a positive and significant impact on audit quality. The independence variable has a positive and significant influence on audit quality. The ethical variable of the auditor has a positive and significant influence on audit quality. The auditor experience variable has a positive and significant influence on audit quality. Professional skepticism audit variables have a positive and significant impact on audit quality,. The auditor's objectivity variable has a positive and significant influence on audit quality,. The auditor's integrity variable has a positive and significant influence on audit quality.  Keywords:  competence, independence, auditor ethics, auditor experience, professional skepticism of auditors, auditor objectivity, auditor integrity and audit quality.

Stunting is defined as the condition of children aged 0 – 59 months, where the height for age is below minus 2 Standard Deviations (<-2SD) from the WHO median standard. The aim of the research is to determine the factors associated with the incidence of stunting in toddlers at Community Health Centers. Rumbia, Jeneponto Regency. The type of research used was an analytical survey with a cross sectional study approach. The sample was 72 toddlers in Rumbia village using a purposive sampling technique. The results of the research show that there is a relationship between maternal employment and the incidence of stunting in toddlers at the Rumbia health center, Jeneponto Regency with a p value = 0.034 < ? 0.05, there is a relationship between maternal education and the incidence of stunting among toddlers at the Rumbia health center, Jeneponto Regency with a p value = 0.003 < ? 0.05, there is a relationship between the number of children and the incidence of stunting in toddlers at the Rumbia health center, Jeneponto Regency with a p value = 0.016 < ? 0.05. Conclusion: There is a relationship between mother's employment, mother's education and number of children with the incidence of stunting among toddlers at the Rumbia Community Health Center, Jeneponto Regency.

This research aimed to examine and analyze the effect of executive characteristic, size, sales growth, and leverage towards corporate tax avoidance. On this research, leverage used as mediating variabel to mediate the relationship between executive charactheristic, size, and sales growth to corporate tax avoidance. The population in this research is manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange period 2012 to 2014. The sampling technique was done by purposive sampling with sample data which gathering of this research was 129. Data was processed by SPSS software using multiple regression analysis and path analysis. The result of this research showed that executive characteristic, size, sales growth, and leverage had a significant effect to tax avoidance. Based on path analysis, leverage as mediating variabel can’t mediate the relationship between executive characteristic to tax avoidance, but it can mediated the relationship between size and sales growth to tax avoidance in the company. Keywords: executive characteristic, size, sales growth, leverage, tax avoidance

The study examines the effect of internal cash flow, insider ownership, profitability, investment opportunity and sales growth on capital expenditure. This research was conducted at the Indonesian Stock Exchange by using a go public manufacturing company as the unit of analysis.Population in this research is manufacturing company listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange period form 2010 to 2014. The sampling method used purposive sampling. The research sample includes companies that have insider ownership, releasing financial statement, has the completeness of data, used the rupiah currency  Relationship and (or) influence between variables is describe by using multiple regression analysis.The result showed that the insider ownership has significant negative effect and investment opportunity has significant positive effect to the capital expenditure. Where as the internal cash flow and sales growth has no significant positive effect, and profitability has no significant negative effect to the capital expenditure.Keywords:   Internal Cash Flow, Insider Ownership, Profitability, Investment Opportunity, Sales Growth and Capital Expenditure.

The purpose of this study is to describe the level of accounting comprehension and the accountability of educational fee and to describe the relationship between the level of accounting comprehension and the accountability of educational fee. This is a descriptive study by using the primary data which were collected by distributing the questionnaires and doing the interview with the respondents, the students of Economics and Business Faculty of Satya Wacana Christian University who are obtaining the scholarship. The results from 82 respondents showed that their average level of accounting comprehension was on the less comprehend range (64,02) with the accountability of educational fee was on the accountable range (82,40). Based on the correlation test, there was no correlation between the level of accounting comprehension and the accountability of educational fee. The result of this study also confirmed that the accountable behavior of the students of Economics and Business Faculty of Satya Wacana Christian University who are obtaining the scholarship was included in the second intention factor of the planned behavior theory which is called the normative beliefs. In this case, they behaved to be accountable because of the third party’s encouragement and based on their own agreement.  Keywords: the level of accounting knowledge, the accountability of educational fee, theory of planned behavior, students

The local government allocated funds in the form of capital expenditure in the local budget to increase fixed assets. During this shopping areas more used to spending relatively less productive routine. The purpose of this study is to prove empirically the effect of regional revenue and general allocation funds for capital expenditures in the District / City Central Java Province Year 2011-2013 with moderation variables Economic Growth. The population in this study is the Regency / City Central Java province which consists of 35 District / City. This study uses secondary data such as Realization Report 2011-2013 budget. In this study, the test model for hypothesis testing will be done using Moderated Regression Analysis. The data has been collected and analyzed in advance with the classic assumption test. Based on the results of this study concluded that the original income has no effect on Capital Expenditure. General Allocation Fund has a positive influence on Capital Expenditure. Directions regression coefficient is positive, meaning that an increase in the General Allocation Fund will increase capital expenditures. Economic growth does not affect the Capital Expenditure. Economic growth does not moderate relationship with the Regional Income Capital Expenditure. Economic growth does not moderate the relationship with the general allocation fund capital expenditures. Keywords:  Local Revenues, General Allocation Funds, Economic Growth and Capital Expenditure

This research was motivated by the behavior of auditors in auditing the financial report of clients. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of the bond financial interests and business relationships with clients, management advisory services (MAS), tenure of audit, the competition of audit firm, size of audit firm, and size of audit fees received by audit firm toward auditor’s independence in Central Java.The population of this study is public accounting firm in Central Java that was registered in Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK) on December 31, 2015 .Sampling was done using purposive sampling method. The sample of this study was 14 audit firm (KAP) and the amount of respondents was 72. The primary data collection method were by a questionnaire method. Mail-survey were done to audit firms that were located in Purwokerto, while direct survey were done to audit firms that were located in Solo and Semarang.Data were analyzed using multiple linier regression model. The result reveales a positive significant relationship between the variables of; bond financial interest and bussiness relationships with client, size od audit firm, and size of audit fees received by audit firms to auditor’s independence, while management advisory services (MAS), tenure of audit,and the competition of audit has no significant affect toward auditor’s independence.     Keywords:    The bond financial interests and business relationships with clients, management advisory services (MAS), tenure of audit, the competition of audit firm, size of audit firm, size of audit fees received by audit firm, and auditor,s independence.

The study aims to analyze the influence of internal control systems and the use of information technology on the quality of financial reports, with human resource competence serving as a mediating variable. The study was conducted at 18 Community Health Centers (Puskesmas) in Gresik Regency, with the main indicators being internal control systems, the use of information technology, financial report quality, and human resource competence. Using purposive sampling, a sample of 70 respondents comprising the population of Puskesmas employees in the Gresik region was selected for the study. The Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (SEM-PLS) method was used as the data analysis technique after all primary data were collected via a questionnaire specifically designed to represent the relevant variables. Based on the research results, the quality of financial reports has a positive impact when utilizing an information technology-based internal control system. However, human resource competence does not have a maximal impact on the utilization of the internal control system; nevertheless, a positive impact can be leveraged through the use of information technology. Further mediation analysis indicates that human resource competency mediates the correlation between internal control systems and financial statement quality. Conversely, human resource competency does not mediate the relationship between the utilization of information technology and financial statement quality. This study underscores the importance of internal control systems, the utilization of information technology, and human resource competency in producing optimal financial statement quality.

The research was conducted to examine the moderating effects ofboard independent directors on the relationship between managerialownership on dividend policy and debt. The purpose of this study to determinehow much influence managerial ownership on dividend policy and debt aswell as the moderating effects of independent directors on the relationshipbetween managerial ownership on dividend policy and debt.The research wasconducted by quantitative methods using secondary data. Secondary data werefrom Indonesia Capital Market Directory (ICMD) and annual reports listedcompanies on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). The research populationis a company listed on the Stock Exchange, then the samples were taken bypurposive sampling with the criteria listed companies from 2007 to 2011 andhave the data required in this study. The analysis used the multiple regressionanalysis to see the effect of independent variables on the dependent variableeither jointly or individually. Before being tested by multiple linear regressionfirst tested the classical assumptions.The results showed that the significant negative effect of managerialownership on dividend policy, managerial ownership has no effect on debtpolicy. Independent directors are moderate the relationship betweenmanagerial ownership to dividend policy, but did not moderate therelationship between ownership and debt managerial. Control variables affectthe profitability of dividend policy, size does not affect the dividend policy.While variables affect the profitability and size of debt policy.

The purpose of this study re-write the understanding of the tax laws and officials tax service on taxpayer compliance with risk prefernces as a moderating variable. The population in this research in taxpayer MSMEs listed in KPP Pratama Demak. The sampling tehnique was convenience sampling method which produced a sample of 88 MSMEs. The analysis methode that used in study is a multiple linier regression analysis. The results showed that an understanding of the tax law and officials tax service have positif significant effect on taxpayer compliance MSMEs partially in Demak residence. The risk preferences cannot the relationship between the understanding of the tax laws with tax compliance and the relationship between officials tax service with tax compliance. Keywords: the understanding of the tax laws, officials tax service, taxpayer compliance, risk preferences

Environmental damage occurs at this time pushed corporations to change their business strategy into environmental strategy. Hence, performance measurement system is also used toward environmental. The Result of research conducted by Perego and Hartman (2009) has found relationship between environmental strategy and the use of performance measures mediated by performance measurement system (PMS). Based on the limitation of study conducted by Perego and Hartman (2009), this study replicate and meliorate by distributing questionnaires to corporate social responsibility (CSR) division of corporations in Indonesia. Because this division is part of the corporations, they are considered to understand more on the company's policy on social and environmental. Research of this study found that relationship between environmental strategy and the use of performance measurement system mediated manager sensitivity to environment and degree of congruity. Keywords: environmental strategy, uses performance measurement, company policy, sensitivity, congruity.

The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of CEO power onfirm performance and the moderating influence of independent board on therelationship between CEO power and firm performance. Indicator of CEOsPower studied were the CEO ownership in the company (CEO Ownership).The firm performance studied with the calculation of PE Ratio. Then, theindependent board is a proportion of independent board on the board ofcommissioners.The research is conducted by quantitative methods using secondarydata. Secondary data comes from the company's annual report listed on theIndonesian Stock Exchange. This research population is company listed onthe Indonesian Stock Exchange, and then the samples were taken bypurposive sampling with criteria manufacture company that not sufferedlossesduringthe observation process and have the data required in this study,in order to obtaina sample of 267 companies. This study use sregressionanalysis to the test the parameters individually significant (t - test).The result of the hypothesis test indicates that the CEO Powerwith CEO ownership as indicator has no effecton the firm performance withPE ratios are calculated, and the independent board based on the proportionof independent board does not have a moderating effecton the relationshipbetween CEO power and firm performance.

This study aims to determine the effect information technology capability and quality of management accounting informationwith technological uncertainty as moderating variable. The highest business competition requires companies to be able tooptimize their resources. Company with information technology capability will able to produce good quality of information.The existence of changes in the external environment related to the rapid development of technology and uncertain technologyrequire companies to be able to respond precisely. Thus, the existence of technological uncertainty will stronger therelationship between information technology capability and quality of management accounting information. Data werecollected from companies that listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange. Respondent represented by accounting manager as of 95people were participated in filling out the questionnaire. Then, the data processed using SEM analysis technique. Thescreening stage of the data generated 94 responses that were used for decision making of the results study. Data processing hasbeen done using the software SPSS 16.0 and WarpPLS 4.0. The result of this study supports the hypothesis that states there arepositive effect of information technology capability toward quality of management accounting information. Whereas, thehypothesis that states technological uncertainty moderates the relationship between information technology capability andquality of management accounting information is not supported. This study is limited to the lack of connection between thevariables in the study due to the lack of the data and heterogeneous of the sample type selection.Keywords: information technology capability, technological uncertainty, quality of management accounting information

This study aims to investigate the effect of strategic performance measurement system on managerial performance that isdirectly tested through four variables; job relevant information, role ambiguty, role conflict and role overload. This studyused the perspective of goal setting theory and role theory in explaining inter-variable relationship. Data collected in thissurvey was primary data from 329 functional managers of state-owned transportation companies under the auspices ofMinistry of State Owned Enterprise. Samples were taken using stratified random sampling. Of 329 questionnaires, 264were used in this research with respon rate of 80,55%. Data analysis was conducted using structural equation models inLISREL 8,5. The result of statistictic test indicated that strategic performance measurement system was, but notsignificantly, associated with managerial performance. Further findings indicated that strategic performance measurementsystem was significantly associated with job relevant information, but no association was found with role ambiguity.However, strategic performance measurement system was significantly assosiated with role conflict and role overload.Furthermore, the result of research test indicated that job relevant information was not associated with role ambiguty; roleconflict and role overload, but significantly associated with managerial performance. Based on the result, it can beconferred that role ambiguity was positively related and had a significant impact on managerial performance. In the otherhand, role conflict and role overload are positvely but not significantly assosiated with managerial performance.The resultof the role test of mediating variables has shown that job relevant information, role ambiguity, role conflict and roleoverload significantly mediated the effect of strategic performance measurement system toward managerial performance.Keywords : Strategic Performance Measurement System, Job Relevant Information, Role Stress Characteristic andManagerial Performance

Lecturer certification is a process and forms of recognition of a faculty member associated with qualification, competenceand contribution that deserve to be called a professional lecturer. This study aims to empirically examine the effect ofcertification on faculty members in the perspective of performance measurement systems to psychological empowermentand mental model building and subsequent impact on the performance of the lecturer. The research model was built on thebasis of goal setting theory. We collected data using a mail survey on lecturers who have been certified in the province ofSouth Sulawesi, Indonesia. The selection of respondents was based on the consideration that the respondent hasexperienced the whole certification process and have benefited directly and carry out the legal consequences of thecertification. Data analysis was conducted using structural equation modeling. The results showed that the measurementsystem on lecturers certification have both positive and significant relationship to the dimensions of psychologicalempowerment and the mental models. Further more, mental models have positive and significant influence on theperformance of the lecturer. Similarly, the dimensions of psychological empowerment were positively related to managerialperformance, but only the dimension of meaning tha thave a significant effect. The research findings reveal importance ofbehavioral aspects in deciding lecturer certification systems during the certification process and the implementation.Further more, this paper contributes to the literature on lecturer certification, performance measurement systems, andmental models.Keywords: lecturer certification, performance measurement systems, mental model, and psychological empowerment,lecturers’ performance

This study examines the effect of time budget pressure as a moderating variable on the relationship between individual factors, namely accountability, ethical awareness, and auditor independence and audit quality on BPK Representative Maluku province. Respondents are auditors working on BPK RI Representative Maluku Province. Population are42 respondents, but only 34 respondents who returns quesionary and can be used in data processing. The sampling method used is census sampling. Data processing is performed using moderated regression analysis (MRA) and assisted by SPSS version 17.0. The results showed that time budget pressure to moderate the relationship between accountability and audit quality as well as moderate the relationship between ethical awareness and the audit quality, but time budget pressure has not influence moderate therelationof auditor independence and audit quality. Keywords: accountability, ethical awareness, auditor independence, time budget pressure, audit quality

Abstract:The amandemen of Indonesia constitution of UUD 1945 is resulting the movement of the power from Executive Heavy to Legislative Heavy.  This movement of lawmaking has the consequences on the law construction format which is currently under the President’s consideration whereas actually should be under the parliament’s consideration. Keywords: authority relationship, Executive Heavy, Legislative Heavy