Peran Sistem Pengendalian Internal, Kompetensi Aparatur Desa dan Budaya Organisasi terhadap Pencegahan Kecurangan Dana Desa

A quality report is a demand that must be carried out by the village head. A village government that is free from fraud is a government that implements accountability and transparency in every activity. The purpose of village government activities is to improve the village economy. The purpose of this study is to determine the determinants of preventing fraud in village funds in moderating the competence of the apparatus. The research site is in Wajak sub-district, Malang district. The research population is all village officials in Wajak sub-district. The sampling technique used a saturated sample. The research sample is 104 village officials. The data analysis technique uses Smart PLS. The results showed that Fraud prevention, Whistleblowing, and morality had an effect on preventing fraud in village funds. A good control system reduces fraud in the management of village funds. Whistleblowing is behavior that reports fraud and has an impact on reducing fraud in managing village funds. Good morality reduces fraud in village funds. The competence of the apparatus strengthens the relationship between the government's internal control system and morality towards preventing fraud in village funds. The competence of professional apparatus with good morals and good fraud prevention implementation further reduces village fund fraud. The competence of the apparatus has not been able to moderate the relationship between whistleblowing and the prevention of village funds. The implication of this research is that professional officials who have a caring attitude are needed to report anything that deviates from the existing rules.

This study aimed to determine the effect of internal control system, rationalization and information asymmetry on fraud tendency in the management of village funds with the organizational ethical culture as a moderating variable. The population in this study was 61 village officials in Kejajar Sub-district, all members of the population were sampled. Data collection technique used a questionnaire. The data analysis method used descriptive analysis and moderation regression analysis with test of absolute difference value. The results showed that the internal control system had a significant negative effect and rationalization had a positive and significant effect, while the information asymmetry did not affect the fraud tendency in the management of village funds. The organizational ethical culture failed to moderate the relationship between the internal control system and the rationalization of the fraud tendency in the management of village funds, but was able to weaken the relationship of information asymmetry on the fraud tendency in the management of village funds. Suggestions in this study are for village officials / PPKD to minimize fraud by improving internal control systems through the implementation of SOPs, good management, developing ‘village partner’ applications, and not justifying any form of fraud.

This research aims to empirically test the influence of the internal control system, village apparatus competence and organizational culture on preventing village fund management with morality as a moderating variable. The population of this study was all village officials in 20 village offices in Windusari District. The sampling technique in this research used purposive sampling, so that the research sample was 73 respondents. Respondents in this research were the village head, secretary, treasurer and planning officer. Data analysis to test the hypothesis used SPSS version 26. The results of this research show that the internal control system has a positive effect on preventing maintenance of village funds, while the competence of village officials has a negative effect and organizational culture has no effect on preventing maintenance of village funds. Furthermore, morality weakens the internal control system to prevent maintenance of village funds, while morality strengthens the competence of village officials to prevent maintenance of village funds. However, morality does not moderate organizational culture towards preventing conditions in managing village funds.

The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that influence fraud prevention in the management of village funds with organizational commitment as a moderating variable in the village government in Bojonegoro Regency. This study uses quantitative methods by using primary data sources through questionnaires. The population of this study is village officials whose villages are included in the category of independent villages in Bojonegoro Regency amounting to 103 villages. The research sample used simple random sampling method. Determination of the number of samples was carried out using the slovin technique with an inaccuracy rate of 10%, so that the minimum number of samples was 89 respondents. The results showed that the competence of the apparatus and the internal control system had a significant effect on preventing fraud in the management of village funds. Meanwhile, whistleblowing does not significantly affect the prevention of fraud in the management of village funds. Organizational commitment can moderate the competence of the apparatus and the internal control system to prevent fraud in the management of village funds. However, organizational commitment cannot moderate whistleblowing on fraud prevention in the management of village funds. Keywords: prevention fraud, competency apparatus, whistleblowing, internal control system, Organizational Commitment

Purpose: This study aims to test empirically and analyze the effect of competence, internal control systems, religiosity, and whistleblowing on fraud prevention in managing village funds with morality as a moderating variable.
 
 Method: The research sample was village officials in Secang District, Magelang Regency using the purposive sampling method and obtained 78 respondents, while for testing the hypothesis using moderated regression analysis.
 
 Results: The results showed that competence had a positive effect on fraud prevention in managing village funds and religiosity had a negative effect on fraud prevention in managing village funds. Meanwhile, the internal control system and whistleblowing have no effect on fraud prevention in managing village funds. Morality strengthens the influence of religiosity on fraud prevention while morality weakens the influence of competence on fraud prevention in village fund management. However, morality does not moderate the influence of internal control system variables and whistleblowing on the prevention of village fund management fraud.
 
 Implications: This research is expected to add to knowledge, insight, and empirical evidence and can be a reference for further research on fraud prevention in village fund management. In addition, it is hoped that this will provide additional information and input to encourage the Village Government to improve fraud prevention in managing village funds
 
 Novelty: This research builds on previous research by adding a whistleblowing variable which is expected to improve performance and prevent fraud.

This research aims to determine the influence of financial reporting compliance, village apparatus competency, internal control system and whistleblowing system on fraud prevention in managing village funds in Gerung District. This research uses quantitative methods with an associative approach, the data source in this research uses primary data obtained through distributing questionnaires. This research variable consists of 4 (four) independent variables, namely financial reporting compliance, village apparatus competency, internal control system and whistleblowing system with the dependent variable namely fraud prevention in managing village funds. The population in this research is all village officials in Gerung District, West Lombok Regency. Samples were taken using saturated samples or using the entire population as the research sample, namely 93 village officials. The analytical method used in this research is the multiple linear regression analysis method. The test results show that financial reporting compliance and the internal control system do not have a significant effect on fraud prevention in village fund management in Gerung District, West Lombok Regency. Meanwhile, the competence of village officials and the whistleblowing system have a positive and significant effect on preventing fraud in managing village funds in Gerung District, West Lombok Regency. The results of this research also show that the independent variable is able to influence the dependent variable by 36.7% while the remaining 63.3% is explained by other causes that are not included in this research.

Prevention of fraud is really needed, especially in the management of village funds, so that the management and use of village funds can be in accordance with the direction and objectives of village development. The aim of this research is to empirically test the influence of village apparatus competence, internal control system, individual morality, and locus of control on preventing fraud in managing village funds. This research was conducted in 27 villages in Denpasar City, Bali with a sample of village officials using non-probability sampling, namely using a purposive sampling technique. The sample obtained in this study was 81 people. Data analysis uses multiple linear regression. The results of the analysis show that the competence of village officials has a positive effect on preventing fraud in managing village funds. The internal control system has a positive effect on preventing fraud in managing village funds. Individual morality has a positive effect on preventing fraud in managing village funds. Locus of control has a positive effect on preventing village fund management. The implication of this research is that by increasing the competence of village officials, implementing an adequate internal control system, the better individual morality implemented and supported by a good locus of control will be able to increase fraud prevention in managing village funds.

This study aims to examine the impact of personnel competence, internal control systems, whistleblowing, and organizational culture on the prevention of fraud in the management of village funds in 13 villages in Kapanewon Playen, Gunungkidul Regency. The sample was selected using a non-probability purposive sampling method, involving 92 respondents, including village heads, secretaries, treasurers, planners, irrigation officers, finance staff, planning staff, and heads of village consultative bodies in the 13 villages of Kapanewon Playen. Data were collected through questionnaires distributed to all respondents. Data analysis was conducted using multiple linear regression with IBM SPSS 25 software. The study's results indicate that personnel competence and internal control systems do not affect fraud prevention in the management of village funds, while the whistleblowing system and organizational culture have a positive impact on fraud prevention in the management of village funds. These findings are expected to be a consideration in efforts to enhance fraud prevention in the management of village funds.

This research aims to determine the influence of Self Interest, bystander effect, organizational culture on the tendency to cheat in village fund management with the internal control system as a moderating variable. This type of research uses quantitative research, the data source for this research uses primary data. The population and sample for this research are villages in Langsa Lama District, totaling 15 villages as the population and the samples taken in this research were 75 samples. This research uses purposive sampling, namely a certain sampling technique based on certain considerations or criteria. The data obtained was analyzed using the PLS (Partial Least Square) analysis technique. The equation models analyzed are outer model, inner model and hypothesis testing. The results obtained from this research are: (1) Self interest has a negative effect on the tendency to cheat, (2) Bystander effect has no effect on the tendency to cheat, (3) Organizational culture has no effect on the tendency to cheat, (4) The internal control system has no effect on tendency to cheat, (5) The internal control system is not able to moderate the relationship between self-interest and the tendency to cheat in the management of village funds, (6) The internal control system is not able to moderate the bystander effect relationship to the tendency to cheat in the management of village funds, (7) The internal control system is not able to moderate the relationship between organizational culture and the tendency for fraud in village fund management.

Year after year, the value of the village budget continues to increase. Unfortunately, this increasing trend is also accompanied by an increase in cases of fraud in the handling of village funds. The aim of this research is to examine the influence of HR competency, exemplary leadership, internal control systems, and violation reporting systems (whistleblowing systems) in preventing fraud in managing village funds. A quantitative approach was used for this research. The research population consisted of village officials from 12 villages in Caringin District. Sample determination was carried out using a simple random sampling method using the Slovin formula. Data collection was carried out by distributing questionnaires to 127 village officials accompanied by interviews to further strengthen the research data. Data analysis uses multiple linear regression analysis with SPSS 25 software. Research findings show that human resource competency, exemplary leadership, internal control systems, and whistleblowing system partially influence the prevention of fraud in managing village funds with a magnitude of influence or human resource competency coefficient value of 0.502, exemplary leadership at 0.094, internal control system at 0.124 and whistleblowing system at 0.163. All variables in this research also simultaneously influence the prevention of fraud in village fund management with a contribution amount of 82.8%, which means the level of influence is very strong.

This research aims to determine the influence of village apparatus competency and internal control systems on the quality of village financial reporting and its impact on village fund management in Kabila Bone District, Bone Bolango Regency, Gorontalo Province. This research uses quantitative research methods. The data collection technique used in this research is primary data obtained from questionnaires distributed to the village head, Secretary, Head of Finance, Head of Planning, Village Consultative Body (BPD) and all Hamlet Heads in each village in Kabila Bone District, Bone Bolango Regency. The data analysis technique in this research is descriptive statistics with inner model and outer model tests using Partial Least Squares - Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM). Based on the results of this research, it shows that the competence of village officials has a positive and significant effect on the quality of village financial reporting with a significance level of 0.0038<0.05, so hypothesis I is accepted. The competency of village officials has a positive and significant effect on village fund management with a significance level of 0.0008<0.05, so hypothesis II is accepted. Village fund management has a positive and significant effect on the quality of village financial reporting with a significance level of 0.0064<0.05, so hypothesis III is accepted. The internal control system has a negative and insignificant effect on the quality of village financial reporting with a significance level of 0.9468>0.05, so hypothesis IV is rejected. The internal control system has a positive and significant effect on village fund management with a significance level of 0.0077<0.05, so hypothesis V is accepted. The competency of village officials has a positive and significant effect on the quality of village financial reporting through village fund management with a significance of 0.0289<0.05, so hypothesis VI is accepted. The internal control system has a negative and insignificant effect on the quality of village financial reporting through village fund management with a significance of 0.0831>0.05, so hypothesis VII is rejected.

Villages are government organizational units that deal directly with communities with diverse background interests and needs and have a very important role. This research aims to analyze the influence of village apparatus competence, individual morality and internal control systems on preventing fraud in managing village funds. The sampling technique used in this research was purposive sampling, so that 135 samples were obtained using the questionnaire method. This research derives three hypotheses for each part of Village Apparatus Competency, Individual Morality, Internal Control Systems. The result of this research show that the competence of village officials has no effect on preventing fraud in managing village funds. The results of the hypothesis test show that the value of the village apparatus competency variable is significant. Individual morality has a positive effect on preventing fraud in village fund management. The internal control system has a positive effect on preventing fraud in village fund management.

The increasing allocation of the village fund budget each year, necessitates the Minta Kasih Village government to be responsible for the village funds managed. The Minta Kasih Village Government needs to increase community participation, internal control systems, human resource competence, and transparency in order to achieve village fund management with good accountability. The research was carried out with the aim of assessing the influence on accountability in managing village funds, individually or simultaneously, on community participation, transparency, internal control systems, competence, and increased human resources. Saturated samples were used as the research method. Multiple linear regression was used as data analysis with the help of SPSS 25 software. The research provided individual results, accountability in village fund management was influenced by community participation, internal control systems, human resource competence, and transparency positively and significantly. However, accountability in village fund management has a positive but not significant influence from community participation. Simultaneously, 78% of the significant influence given to the accountability of village fund management was on the variables of transparency, community participation and internal control system, while the influence due to other variables which were not included for research was 22%.

This study aims to empirically examine the effect of self-efficacy and self-esteem possessed by village officials on village fund management’s accountability by using the Internal Control System as a moderating variable. The population in this study were village officials in the Negeri Adat in Ambon, with a sample of 71 people. The sampling technique used is saturated sampling. The data analysis method used is multiple regression to test the effect of self-efficacy and self-esteem variables on village fund management’s accountability, and using MRA to test the role of the Internal Control System as a moderating variable. The results of this study are self-efficacy and self-esteem affect the accountability of village fund management. While the Internal Control System does not act as a moderating variable, but as a Predictor Variable Moderation.

This study aims to determine the Effect of Competence, Understanding, and Village Apparatus on Management Accountability with the Internal Control System as a Moderating Variable (Case Study in Magetan Regency). Sampling with primary data was obtained directly from 67 villages with 201 respondents in Magetan Regency. This type of research uses quantitative research. The sampling technique used was the purposive sampling method. Data collection was carried out by distributing questionnaires to village officials who served as the Village Head, Village Treasurer, and Village Secretary. The assessment of variables in the research instrument uses a Likert scale. The analysis technique used is multiple linear regression analysis. The results of the analysis show that the Village Apparatus Competence significantly Affects Village Fund Management Accountability, Village Apparatus Understanding Affects Village Fund Management Accountability, Village Apparatus Role Affects Village Fund Management Accountability, and the Internal Control System can Moderate Village Apparatus Competence Against Village Fund Management Accountability, Internal Control System Unable to Moderate Understanding of Village Apparatus towards Accountability of Village Fund Management and Internal Control System able to Moderate Village Role to Accountability of Village Fund Management.