Abstract :
Corporate Governance is the rules governing the relationship between
shareholders, creditors, government, employees and the internal and external
stakeholders relating to the rights and obligations merekadala regulate and
control firms. Earnings management is one of the factors that reduce the
credibility of the financial statements and can cause problems that can interfere
with the users of financial statements figures presented.
The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of corporate
governance on earnings management in manufacturing companies in Indonesia
Stock Exchange (IDX) during 2008-2011. The factors studied were the Board of
Directors, the Board of Commissioners of the Independent, Firm Reputation, and
the Audit Committee Perusahaanr size. The research methodology used methods
of descriptive analysis and statistical analysis methods. The data used are
secondary data to 88 companies used in the study. The hypothesis examination
was performed using the F test and t test, with a significance level (?) of 5%.
Analyzing data used a statistical data processing software SPSS 16.00 for
windows.
Results from partial regression analysis for this study indicate that the
board of directors, independent commissioners, KAP reputation, audit committee
and firm size had no significant effect on earnings management.
Keyword: corporate governance (board of directors), independent
commissioners, KAP reputation, audit committee, size, and earning management