Abstract :
Monetary crisis that happened in Indonesia at 1997-1998
make the national economy become drowning, one of the reasons is
the weak implementation of the practice of Good Corporate
Governance (GCG) at the company in Indonesia, such as the
weakness of legal, accounting and auditing standards that have not
been established, capital markets are still under-regulated, the lack of
oversight commissioner and neglect of minority rights.
Implementation of Good Corporate Governance (GCG) is one
significant attempt to escape from the economic crisis in Indonesia.
This research was conducted with the aim to identify and empirically
examine the influence of the principles of Good Corporate
Governance for the financial performance of companies that viewed
from the aspects of ROA (Return On Assets) and ROE (Return On
Equity).
The sample in this study is 10 companies consecutive scores
categorized as very reliable, trustworthy and reliable enough in the
years 2006-2008 CGPI research conducted by the Indonesian
Institute for Corporate Governance (IICG) using purposive sampling
technique. To answer the formulation, research objectives and
hypothesis analysis used was simple linear regression analysis.
Simple linear regression analysis concluded that the Good
Corporate Governance of no significant impact on return on assets,
so the first hypothesis of this study which states that Good Corporate
Governance is a positive influence on ROA (Return On Assets), are
not verified. Good Corporate Governance significant effect on return
on equity, so that the two hypotheses of this study which states that
good corporate governance has positive influence on ROE (Return
On Equity), verified.