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ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF ECONOMY AND BUSINESS
UNIVERSITY OF BENGKULU
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
Humans as individual and social creatures certainly have a variety of needs and desires that
must be fulfilled. Maslow (1993) in his theory defines human needs to be five. First human
psychological needs are the need for food, drink, shelter (home) and relief from distress.
Second is the need for security, namely the human need for freedom from threats or security
for events or a threatening environment. Third, the need for a sense of belonging, social, and
compassion which includes the need for friendship, unity, interaction and affection. Fourth,
human needs for respect both for themselves and from others. Finally, the need to show the
true self is the human need to fulfill themselves by maximizing the use of abilities, expertise,
and self potential.
The various needs above are motivators for someone to do a real action so that their needs
are met. Unfortunately, not everyone can meet their needs in a way that is justified. Barriers
such as differences in interests, pressure from the family and work environment, low salaries
and the lack of appreciation received motivates a person to take a shortcut by cheating.
Cheating is a form of dishonesty in humans. However, cheating can sometimes be a choice
for some people who are in a state of urgency by the amount of obstacles that must be faced.
Situations like this might happen in our environment, especially there are some people who
feel that honesty is situational. Some people even consider cheating to be a necessity (Callahan,
2004 in Vorhoff, 2004).
In Indonesia, various fraudulent practices often occur and we find only that we are more
familiar with the term corruption. Various corruption cases in Indonesia, one of which is as
reported by Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) that there are cases of tax evasion in Indonesia
committed by a company by giving bribes to tax officials (Anonymous 1999). In addition, the
Republic of Indonesia Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) also found misappropriation, namely the
misappropriation of assets in the state revenue that should have been deposited in the State
treasury but instead entered the State account in a personal name (Anonymous 2006).
Another fraud case that can be found in Indonesia is bookkeeping manipulation. Tuanakotta
(2006) shows that in 1998 there were six banks in Indonesia that carried out overstatement on
the asset side and understatement on the liabilities side. In addition, the Minister of Finance of
the Republic of Indonesia, Sri Mulyani (Supriyanto, 2006) has also stated that many companies
have made different financial statements or double financial statements (Double Bookkeeping)
for banks, BAPEPAM, and tax offices.
The rise of corruption cases and practices of fraud is certainly attracting the attention of
very large researchers. Researchers as students and one of the elements of society feel that
students should be sensitive and should not close their eyes to this problem. We not only know
but also understand about fraud and issues or problems regarding it.
Students 'understanding and level of sensitivity on this matter can certainly affect students'
perceptions about the factors that trigger fraud. Students' perceptions of the factors triggering
cheating become important to be able to help in eradicating fraud cases that occur around them.
If only, all elements of society including students have the same perception that cheating is
something that cannot be justified and they care about this, various cases of cheating around
us will be more easily revealed and acted upon or eradicated.
University of Bengkulu Accounting Department which is a place where researchers gain
knowledge also plays an important role in the formation of student perceptions. This place can
be a medium for the delivery of information and learning about issues and matters related to
cheating for students.
If students have sufficient knowledge and understanding of cheating while in college then
they should have the same perception about it, namely that cheating is something that cannot
be justified.
However, the knowledge provided during college may be insufficient and it should be
recognized that the level of understanding and sensitivity of students can differ from one
another. As a result of students' perceptions of the factors triggering cheating may differ from
one another. Therefore, this research is entitled: “PERCEPTION ACCOUNTING STUDENTS
UNIVERSITY OF BENGKULU ON FRAUD CAUSES”
1.2 Problem Formulation
Based on the description in the background referring to the title and theme of the study, the
issues discussed in this study are:
1. Is there a difference in perception between male and female students at the University
of Bengkulu on pressure?
2. Is there a difference in perception between male and female students at the University
of Bengkulu on fraud?
3. Are there differences in perceptions between male and female students at the University
of Bengkulu on opportunity?
4. Are there differences in perceptions between male and female students at the University
of Bengkulu on rationalizations?
Researchers hope that this research can provide the following benefits:
1. For students, it is expected that this research can add insight and concern to students,
especially regarding issues related to factors that trigger fraud such as pressure, fraud,
opportunity, and rationalization.
2. For academics, this research is expected to be able to provide an overview of students
'perceptions of the factors triggering cheating so that it helps academics to improve students'
understanding and sensitivity towards issues related to the factors triggering cheating.
3. For subsequent reviewers as additional references and as reading material or information to
students of the University of Bengkulu in particular.
CHAPTER II
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Perception
According to Kotler (2004), perception is the process by which an individual chooses,
organizes, and interprets information inputs to create a meaningful picture of the world.
Meanwhile, according to Moorhead and Griffin (1989) perception is a set of processes that
cause an individual to become aware of their environment and then interpret it. In a large
Indonesian dictionary perception is defined as: 1) direct response (acceptance) of something,
2) the process of someone knowing things through their five senses. Perception has two aspects,
namely: pattern recognition and attention. Pattern recognition follows the identification of a
complex set of stimuli, which is influenced by the context at hand and past experience.
According to Samovar and the porters, perceptions can also experience errors and
failures, including:
1. Attribution Error.
Attribution is an internal process in us to understand the causes of other people's
behavior. Attribution errors can occur when we misinterpret the message or intent of the
speaker's behavior.
Our attribution can also be wrong if we think that someone's behavior is caused by
internal factors, whereas external factors are the cause, or conversely we suspect that external
factors move a person, whereas internal factors that cause behavior.
2. Halo Effect
This misperception refers to the fact that once we form an overall impression of a
person, this overall impression tends to have a strong effect on the limits of its specific
characteristics.
3. Stereotypes
Stereotype is a generalization of people based on a little information and form
assumptions about them based on their membership in a group.
4. Prejudice
Prejudice is an assessment based on decisions and previous experience, the use of
prejudice allows us to respond to the environment in general rather than specifically, so it
simplifies the problem too much.
5. Culture shock
Culture shock is a form of inability to adapt that is a reaction to temporary failed
attempts and to adapt to the environment and people.
b. Secondary pressure
This secondary pressure can be caused by addiction both addiction due to gambling,
illegal drugs, and alcohol. This addiction can make someone behave inadvertently managing
their expenses.
c. Work pressure
Some things that can cause work pressure include because of: dissatisfaction with work,
lack of recognition of performance, fear of losing work, not getting a promotion, and feeling
low salary. These five things can trigger someone to commit fraud to show better performance
than the actual performance so that they get a promotion or a raise and do not lose their jobs.
d. Other pressure
Other pressures that can lead to fraud include the existence of a life partner who
demands a better lifestyle, the inability of a person to distinguish between needs and desires,
and the habits of most people to measure success not based on one's integrity and honesty at
work.
Fraud
Opportunity
Rationalizations
PERSEPSI
Variabel Independen
MAHASISWA MAHASISWA
LAKI – LAKI PEREMPUAN
Variabel Dependen
KECURANGAN
- PRESSURE
- FRAUD
- OPPORTUNITY
- RATIONALIZATIONS
b. Sampling technique.
To determine and determine the sample from this study researchers used a purposive
sampling method. According to Sugiyono (1999) Purposive Sampling is a sampling technique
based on certain considerations. Meanwhile, according to Riduwan (2004), Purposive
Sampling is a sampling technique used by researchers if researchers have certain considerations
in taking samples or determining samples for specific purposes.
The criteria for University of Bengkulu accounting students are accounting students in
semester 2 and above, at least have passed the Audit I course with a value of A and B. The
number of students and students is around 50 people, because the population is 50 people, the
researchers make all populations as research samples. The sample is divided equally between
students and students with a total of 25 samples each.
All of the above variables are measured using a Likert scale. Likert scale is a type of
scale used to measure research variables (Specific Social Phenomena) such as attitudes,
opinions and social perceptions of a person or group of people (Hasan, 2002).
The Likert scale used in this study both the second and third parts is a scale of 1 to 3
where the number 1 means "disagree", number 2 means "doubtful", and number 3 means
"agree". A Likert scale of 1 to 3 is used to facilitate the respondent in responding to the
statement given while making it easier for researchers to interpret the respondent's response.
1. Test Validity
To assess the validity of each question item, it can be seen from Corrected item - Total
Correlation. Sugiyono (2007) states that a questionnaire item can be said to be valid if the
Corrected item - Total Correlation has a critical value> 0.3 or 30%. Thus, items that have a
correlation> 30% are categorized as valid, while items that have a correlation <30% are said
to be invalid.
2. Reliability Test
The criteria used in this study is one shot, meaning that only one measurement and then
the results are compared with other questions. In the SPSS program, reliability was performed
using the Cronbach statistical test.
KUESIONER PENELITIAN
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1. Jenis Kelamin :
□ Laki – laki.
□ Perempuan
2. Semester :
□ II-III
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□ VII
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