Ummi Kalsum
Determinant of desire to commit fraud in the procurement of goods/services
within state universities 319
of the commission that must be given to contractors, the Procurement Committee and PPK,
project heads, as well as, the difference in self-estimated prices (HPS) with other agencies,
this is an indication that exists in the public sector (Rahardja, 2010).
As reported by the world bank or what is known as word bank in its annual report
for the period 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018, it is noted that to date in various regions of the
world, 202 investment projects worth $ 20 billion are currently or will be tied to this new
Procurement Framework, together with 107 recipient-run small trust fund investment
projects worth $ 137 million (word Bank, 2018).
Corruption no longer only belongs to politicians, regional leaders, bureaucracy,
and the private sector, but corruption also exists in universities (Ludigdo, 2018). This shows
that corruption occurs in all institutions and professions. According to Corruption Watch,
about a third of Indonesia's education budget is misused, mainly due to improper
procurement of goods/services. This will have a detrimental impact on the country's growth
in terms of economy, infrastructure, and education.
For example, the case of a state university in Jakarta was accused of corruption in
a laboratory procurement project and resulted in the state experiencing a loss of Rp. 5.175
billion and the procurement of medical devices at the Airlangga University Hospital where
there was an abuse of authority related to the procurement of medical equipment and
laboratories for the Tropical Infection Hospital at Unair I and II of the 2010 fiscal year with
a total project value of around Rp. 87 billion.
Cressey (1953) in (Njonjie, Nangoi, & Gamaliel, 2019) said that fraud is caused
by three factors, which are pressure, opportunity, and justification. With this, this study
will analyze the factors that influence the desire to commit fraud by adopting the fraud
triangle theory based on the perspective, because the variables used in this study are proxies
of pressure, opportunity, and rationalization according to the basis of the fraud triangle
theory.
The pressure which is identified with financial pressure is something that often
triggers someone to commit fraud. Furthermore, Rijckeghem & Weder and Lambsdorff,
1999 in (Karina, 2019) there is an effect of inadequate income on the level of corruption
that occurs.
Opportunity is an opportunity that allows fraud to occur. Usually caused by weak
internal control of an organization, lack of supervision, and/or abuse of authority
(Ristianingsih, 2018). Among the 3 elements of the fraud triangle, the opportunity is the
most likely element to be minimized through the application of processes, procedures, and
controls and early detection of fraud.
Rationalization is a consideration of fraudulent behavior resulting from the
deliberate personal integrity of employees or other moral reasoning. Organizational
commitment usually refers to the attitudes and feelings of employees related to the
company's values and ways of doing things (Adinda, 2015).
According to Sucahyo & Ruldeviyani (2009) overnment procurement of
goods/services has gone through a long history and various forms of irregularities have
been identified, including Social gathering, kick-backing during the procurement process,
bribing to win procurement, the procurement process is not transparent, the project manager
does not announce the procurement plan, the supplier charges a higher price, wins your
company, relatives, certain groups, some suppliers do not meet administrative requirements
and use certain selection methods to achieve certain purposes.
Study intends to examine objects in state universities with the factors that are
considered to influence the willingness to commit fraud in the procurement of
goods/services in tertiary institutions. In detail, goals, this study is to analyze the influence