This study analyzes the effect of political connection and effectiveness of audit committee on audit fee. This study uses the sample of non-financial companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in 2015-2017. They were take using a purposive sampling method. The total number of companies is 444 companies. The data were analyzed using SPSS 20 and the hypothesis testing was done using linear regression with a significance level of 5%. The F test indicates that the research model is stable and significant. The value of R square is 38.4%, indicating that there are other variables that can affect the model by 61.6%. The results of this study show that political connection has a significant positive effect on audit fee and the effectiveness of audit committee also has a significant positive effect on audit fee because audit committee wants a higher audit quality from the auditor.

This study aims to examine the role of managerial in firm decisions. This study recognizes that managerial plays an important role in corporate decision making. Decisions carried out by the company are not only influenced by the manager's explicit mandate to maximize firm value, but also by the manager's ability to manage the company. In previous research it was found that high-ability and low-ability managers have opposite effects on firm behavior and firm value. High-ability managers accept risk-taking whereas low-ability managers refrain from taking risks. Managerial Ability in this study was measured using DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) while for firm risk-taking behavior using the return on assets (ROA), return on equity (ROE), and research and development costs to total assets (R&D). The model used in this study is a causality model or the relationship of influence between research variables. The proposed model is analyzed using the Structural Equation Model (SEM) causality technique. This research was conducted on manufacturing companies listed on IDX (Indonesian Stock Exchange) in 2013-2017. However, unlike previous studies, the results of this study indicate that highly capable managers play a role in minimizing corporate risk taking. This research contributes as a reference for Indonesian corporate investors and also regulators as a reflection of the effectiveness of regulations made in Indonesia.

This research is aimed to examine the effect of environment uncertainty towards earnings management. This study is a quantitative study with sample all of manufacturing companies that are listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX) from period 2013 -2018 and publish the financial statement consecutively during period 2013-2018. The sample is selected by using purposive sampling techniques with total of 455 companies. This study uses secondary data that derived from the financial statements of manufacturing companies during that period. By using regression analysis and SPSS in processing research data, the study finds that environment uncertainty has positive impact to financial distress. It indicates when companies are facing an environment uncertainty, it will impact to their performance especially financial performance which leads to the financial distress condition. Companies in higher financial distress condition are more likely to manage their earnings by using earnings management which are measured by discretionary accruals. This research is useful for investor as one of consideration before making financial decision especially when companies are in uncertain environment.

Good and Clean Governance yang dilakukan pemerintah harus selalu berhubungan dengan penerapan internal yang memadai. Badan Pengawas Keuangan dan Pembangunan (BPKP) mempunyai tujuan yang sentral bagi kesuksesan atau keberhasilan dari system kontrol internal instansi tertentu. Seorang BPKP diberi kewajiban untuk mempunyai berbagai keahlian yang penting bagi sebuah instansi. Di lain hal intensitas moral juga merupakan suatu komponen yang berpengaruh saat mengambil keputusan etis. Religiusitas adalah sebuah variabel yang memiliki pengaruh pengambilan keputusan etis dalam lembaga atau instansi. Penelitian ini bertujuan guna memberi gambaran, penjelasan, dan analisis tentang intensitas moral dan religiusitas pada profesionalisme auditor internal, intensitas moral dan religiusitas pada pengambilan keputusan etis, dan profesionalisme auditor internalpada pengambilan keputusan etis pada Badan Pengawas Keuangan dan Pembangunan (BPKP) Jawa Timur (Jatim).Pendekatan menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif. Populasi yang diambil adalah seluruh auditor internal pada BPKP Jatim. Digunakan teknik sampling jenuh untuk mengambil sampel dengan kriteria seluruh auditor internal digunakan sebagai sampel. Sampel akhir yang terpilih yaitu 50 auditor internal.Hasil analisis didapatkan apabila Intensitas moral dan Religiusitas memberikan pengaruh positif dan signifikan pada profesionalisme auditor internal BPKP dan pengambilan keputusan etis BPKP; sedangkan Profesionalisme auditor internal, Intensitas moral, dan Religiusitas memberikan pengaruh positif serta signifikan pada pengambilan keputusan etis Melalui Profesionalisme Auditor Internal BPKP.

Business developments that embrace the concept of a triple bottom line (TBL) encourage companies to pay attention to environmental and social challenges rather than just focus on maximum profits. Companies must contribute by making donations in corporate social responsibility activities or known as corporate philanthropy as a form of accountability to stakeholders. Research on the factor of board gender diversity, industry type and company size on CSR donations. This research uses multiple regression method. The research sample uses companies listed on the Indonesia stock exchange period 2017-2018. The results showed that the board gender diversity and the type of industry had a significant effect on CSR donations, while the size of the company had no significant effect. Keywords: Board Gender Diversity; Firm Size; Industry Type; Donation On Corporate Social Responsibility.

In an increasingly competitive conditions, companies are required to develop strategies to create competitive advantage. Miles and Snow devide firm’s strategy into four types, which are prospector, defender, analyzer and reaction, with prospector and defender as the two extremes strategies.The determination of the company’s strategy both prospector and defender will have an impact on corporate performance, especially the company’s financial performance. The objectives of this research are to empirically examine the differences in financial performance between prospector and defender firms. Financial performance are measured by sales growth, income growth, dividend payout ratio, and return on investment. The definite selection between prospector and defender firms using 3 (three) control variables are employee growth to total net sales ratio (EMPSAL), price to book value ratio (PBV), and capital expenditure to total asset (CAPTA). Population of this research are the manufacturing firms listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange in 2010 to 2012 which number of population that used were 136 firms. The samples are collected using purposive sampling method. Selection of sample types prospector and defender analyzed using cluster analysis of the three variables that exist. Financial performance data in this study were analyzed using Mann-Whitney test with the help of software SPPS 17.0. The result of this research show that 38 firms become the samples, 21 firms are categorized as prospectors and 17 firm are categorized as defenders. Average sales and income growth of prospector firms are higher than defender firms, the result is significant. Dividend payout ratio and Return On Investment of prospector firms are smaller than defender firms, the result is significant.Keywords: Prospector and Defender, Sales Growth, Income Growth, Dividend Payout,                    Return On Investment

The purpose of this research is to examine and analyze the influence of the precision it managerial control systems, public sector, and reporting systems that allegedly influenced the performance accountability. The sample of this research was an employee of SKPD Tanah Laut Regency selected by using Purposive Sampling method with the total number of respondents as many as 81 people. The data collection of this research is used the questionnaires instrument. The data collected was analyzed by multiple linear regression analysis. The results of this research indicate that the accuracy and control systems of managerial accountability to public sector performance. However, the reporting system does not influence on performance accountability in SKPD Tanah Laut Regency. Keywords: Accountability For Performance; It Managerial Control Systems; The Accuracy Of The Public Sector; The Reporting System.

Research aims: This study aims to provide a perspective on the professional ethics of a millennial accountant in applying blockchain technology to improve his professionalism, and discusses the issue of blockchain ethical challenges for an accountant's profession Design/Methodology/Approach: A research approach is a qualitative approach with interviews with the millennial accountants, namely millennial corporate accountants, millennial research accountants, and millennial internal auditors. Research findings:The study results indicated that a millennial accountant in the 4.0 revolution era is required to adapt to technology. The blockchain technology extends the ethical approach to utilitarianism to a broader social level with decentralization in serving stakeholders' information needs. Blockchain changes the task of millennial accountants who previously produced information into information evaluators. Millennial accountants must change their mindset to absorb the essence of the accountant's code of ethics and harmonize ethical values. It is the basis for acting ethically to avoid the moral dilemma of technological adaptation. Theoretical contribution/Originality: The contribution of this research for accountants is to build a moral-ethical perspective in adopting blockchain technology that prevents potential impacts on business and society and to describe the challenges that the accounting profession will face in adopting blockchain in the industrial revolution 4.0. Practitioner/Policy implication: The implications of this study illustrate that the blockchain can change perspectives in real-time accounting to reduce practitioners' mistakes from the accounting profession by considering the ethical and moral aspects of a millennial accountant. Research limitation/Implication: The limitation of this study is the first; it has not yet deepened the three challenges faced by millennial accountants in the revolutionary 4.0 era. Secondly, millennial educator accountants have not yet to be involved as interviewees.