The Effect of Religiosity and Ethical Orientation on Perceptions of Undergraduate Accounting Students on Creative Accounting

Intan Purnama Jaya(1), Sukirno Sukirno(2),


(1) Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta
(2) Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to determine the effect of religiosity and ethical orientation on the perception of creative accounting. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling technique. Students who participated as respondents were as many as 107 students from Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta and 249 students from Universitas Islam Indonesia who were then grouped based on criteria. The criteria used are already or are currently taking intermediate financial accounting 1 and intermediate financial accounting 2 courses, auditing courses, and business ethics courses. Based on the predetermined criteria, a sample of 202 students was obtained consisting of 98 Universitas Negeri Yogayakarta students and 104 Universitas Islam Indonesia students. The students involved in this study were given a questionnaire to fill in and the data obtained were analyzed using multiple regression methods. The results of this study indicate that there is an effect of religiosity on students’ ethical perceptions in creative accounting. The students with high religiosity will have perceptions that are more ethical on creative accounting. The results of the analysis also show that ethical orientation has an effect on creative accounting. This means that the higher the ethical orientation of students, the more ethical their perceptions of creative accounting are.

Keywords

students’ perceptions of creative accounting, religiosity, ethical orientation

Full Text:

PDF

References

Amat, Oriol, dan Catherine Gowthorpe. (2003). Creative Accounting: Nature, Incidence, and Ethical Issues. UPF Working Paper, No.749.

Balaciu, Diana dan Pop Cosmina Madalina. (2008). Is Creative Accounting A Form of Manipulations?. Anals of University of Oradea. Series Economic, Volume III, Section: Finance, Banking, and Accounting. Tom XVII, hlm 935-940

Barth, M.E., Landsman, W.R., & Lang, M.H. (2008). International Accounting Standards and Accounting Quality. Jurnal of accounting research, 4, 467-498.

Cahyonowati, Nur, dan Dwi Ratmono. (2012). Adopsi ifrs dan relevansi nilai informasi akuntansi. Jurnal Akuntansi dan Keuangan. Vol.14, No. 2, Hlm. 105-115.

John Blake, dan Jack Dowds. (1999). The Ethics of Creative Accounting. Economic Working Paper. Journal of Economic Literature, hlm 1-17.

Kaminski, Ryszard. (2014). “Creative Accounting Does Not Need to Equal Falsification of Accountsâ€. Economic World, Vol.2, No. 4, hlm 272-280.

Kotler, Philip dan Kevin Lane Keller, (2006), Marketing Management, Pearson Education Inc.

Liu, M. (2013). Effect of Guanxi And Ethical Orientations On Chinese Auditors Ethical Reasoning. Managerial Auditor Journal, Vol. 28, No. 9, 815-837.

Mulford, Charles and Eugene Comiskey. (2002). The Financial Numbers Game Detecting Creative Accounting Theory. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Naser, K. H. (1993). Creative accounting: its nature and use. Prentice Hall.

Pamungkas, D.I. (2014). Pengaruh religiusitas dan rasionalisme dalam mencegah dan mendeteksi kecurangan akuntansi. Jurnal Ekonomi dan Bisnis, Vol. 15, No. 2, 48-59

Phau, I, and Kea, G. (2007). Attitudes of university students toward business ethics: a cross-national investigation of Australia, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Journal of Business Ethics. Vol. 72, No. 1, pp 61-75

Phillips, J., Pincus, M. & Rego, S.O. (2003). Earnings management: new evidence based on deferred tax expense. The Accounting Review, 78(2):491-521.

Rehman, Atique., dan Shabbir, Muhammad Shahbaz. 2010. The relationship between religiosity and new product adoption. Journal of Islamic Marketing Vol. 1 No. 1, 2010 pp. 63-69.

Somantri, Hendi. 2011. Memahami akuntansi. Bandung: Armico.

Sulistiawan, D. 2006. Persepsi komunitas akuntansi terhadap praktik creative accounting. Akuntansi dan Teknologi Informasi, Vol. 5, No. 2, hlm 115-128.

Sweeney, A.P. (1994). Debt-covenant violations and managers’ accounting responses. Journal of Accounting and Economics, 17(3), May:281-308.

Tuanakotta, Theodorus M. (2013). Audit berbasis ISA (Intenational Standards on Auditing). Jakarta: Salemba Empat.

Vafeas, N., Vlittis, A., Katranis, P. & Ockree, K. (2003). Earnings management around share repurchases: a note. ABACUS, 39(2):262-273.

Watts, R.L. & Zimmerman J.L. (1979). The demand for and supply of accounting theories: the market for excuses. The Accounting Review, 4(2), April:273-305.

Woodbine, g. P. (2009). Does religiosity influence ethical sensitivity? An investigation on malaysia future accountants. Malaysian accounting review, 8, 17-41.

Woodbine, g. P. (2009). Does religiosity influence ethical sensitivity? An investigation on malaysia future accountants. Malaysian accounting review, 8, 17-41

Yadav, Brijesh. (2013). “CREATIVE Accounting: A Literature Reviewâ€. The SIJ Transaction on Industrial, Financial, & Business Management (IFBM), Vol. 1, No. 5, hlm 181-193.

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.




Creative Commons License
Jurnal Dinamika Akuntansi is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License