Studies on green investment and corporate social responsibility (CSR) investment has been conducted by some researchers in the current and future trends of sustainable development. Many of them have focused on the relationship between CSR and financial performance, but only a few have examined how green investment, CSR investment, and sustainability are related to each other. Sustainable performance is based on three aspects: people-planet-profit, or also what is known as the triple bottom line concept. The sample for this study consisted of 132 manufacturing companies listed in the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2016 to 2019. This study found that green investment and CSR investment positively affect financial performance and sustainable performance. Meanwhile, the financial performance has an insignificant effect on sustainable performance. Besides, financial performance cannot mediate the effect between green investment and CSR investment on sustainable performance.
This study aims to investigate the effect of audit committee characteristics (audit committee expertise, frequency of audit committee meetings, and audit committee independence) on integrated reporting. Data for this study were gathered from integrated reports of manufacturing companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchanges. Total samples of 58 companies were selected using purposive sampling method. A multiple regression model was then employed to analyze data. The findings showed that the level of integrated reports of the companies met 70% of all required items. In addition, the audit committee expertise and frequency of audit committee meetings positively influenced the level of integrated reports. However, this study did not support the association of independent audit committees and the companies' reports.
This study investigates the aspects of e-payment security concerning e-commerce consumers' purchase intentions. This study further involves college students in Semarang -Indonesia as representatives of the millennial generation. Structural equation modeling (SEM) using Wrap-PLS is employed to analyze the data. The findings show a fit model to explain e-commerce customers' purchase intentions. The results of this study reveal a better mediating effect of perceived usefulness on e-payment security and customers' purchase intentions. Perceived ease of use also has a significant indirect effect, through e-payment security, on e-commerce customers' purchase intentions. In addition, understanding the ease and usability of the security aspects of the payment affects e-commerce consumers' purchase intentions. The results also give a heightened awareness of security in electronic transactions.
This study aimed to determine the effect of auditor ethics, auditor experience, audit fees, and auditor motivation on audit quality of public accounting firm in Semarang. The populations in this study were auditors who work on public accounting firm in Semarang. The total population of public accounting firm in Semarang according to Indonesian Institute of Certified Public Accountants in 2016 was 98 respondents from 14 public accounting firms. Questionnaires were distributed to auditors in all those public accounting firm. This study used purposive sampling judgement with criteria of sample were they have worked and experienced in public accounting firm for one year. A total sample of this study is 30 respondents. Using multiple linier regression analysis the results show that auditor ethics had a significant positive effect on audit quality; auditor experience had a significant positive effect on audit quality; audit fees had a significant positive effect on audit quality; and auditor motivation had a significant positive effect on audit quality. Ethics, experience, fees and motivation of auditor had a significant positive effect on audit quality.
This study aims to investigate factors that influence civil servants to whistle-blow fraud. It also investigates the effect of government's bureaucracy reforming program on the civil servants' intention to whistle-blow fraud. By employing the theory of reasoned action, this study included variables of subjective norms, attitudes, and whistle-blowing intentions. This study used primary data gathered from questionnaires of 293 respondents. Respondents were civil servants in the ministries/agencies that have and have not implemented bureaucratic reforms. The findings of this study indicated that subjective norms positively affected the attitudes and intentions of civil servants to report the wrongdoings. However, the attitudes had no significant effect on civil servants' whistleblowing intentions. In addition, there are no significant differences on subjective norms, attitudes, and whistle-blowing intentions between civil servants in ministries/agencies that have implemented bureaucratic reforms and civil servants in ministries/agencies that have not implement bureaucratic reforms.
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