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Publication Date: April 25, 2022

DOI:10.14738/abr.104.12023. Simandjuntak, J. B. P., & Sudibyo, Y. A. (2022). The Role of Business Etchics as Moderating Variable in the Effect of Integrated

Reporting, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Environmental Performance Toward Corporate Reputation. Archives of Business

Research, 10(04). 14-25.

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The Role of Business Etchics as Moderating Variable in the Effect

of Integrated Reporting, Corporate Social Responsibility, and

Environmental Performance Toward Corporate Reputation

J. B. P. Simandjuntak

Faculty Economics and Business Trisakti University, Jl.

Kyai Tapa No.1, Tomang, Grogol Petamburan, Jakarta 11440, Indonesia

Yvonne Augustine Sudibyo

Faculty Economics and Business Trisakti University, Jl.

Kyai Tapa No.1, Tomang, Grogol Petamburan, Jakarta 11440, Indonesia

ABSTRACT

The study to analyze the effect of Integrated Reporting, Corporate Social

Responsibility, and Environmental Performance toward Corporate Reputation. And

also analyzes the impact of Business Ethics as a moderating variable that

strengthens or weakens the relationship between the effects of Integrated

Reporting, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Environmental Performance

toward Corporate Reputation. The researcher collects empirical study data from

the companies using secondary data taken from the annual reports of companies

listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) and Publish the Sustaninability

Reporting. Then analyzes them using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences.

A total of 150 units of data analysis that meet the criteria and can be used as samples

in this study. Business Etchics as a moderator between Integrated Reporting,

Corporate Social Responsibility, and Environmental Performance toward

Corporate Reputation with proxy and measurement on Corporate Coode of Conduct

in companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange is still little researched. So this

research will not only fill in the current gaps in the literature but also spark new

academic debates, but this study will also contribute to the practice of Corporate

Reputation. This study reveals that Integreted Reporting and Environmental

Performance have a positive and significant effect on Corporate Reputation.

Corporate Social Responsibility have no effect on Corporate Reputation.

Meanwhile, the role of the Business Ethics as a moderating variable have

strengthens the influence between Integreted Reporting and Environmental

Performance on Corporate Reputation from before being moderated by the

Business Ethics. This study only takes secondary data from the annual reports of

companies and Sustanainability reports of companies from the Indonesian stock

exchange. And only have thirty companies as a data this study.

Keywords: Integrated Reporting, Corporate Social Responsibility, Enironmental

Performance, Business Ethics

INTRODUCTION

The manufacturing industry that publishes sustainability reporting provides the largest

contribution to the increase in Indonesia's economic growth which reached 7.07% in the

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Social Responsibility, and Environmental Performance Toward Corporate Reputation. Archives of Business Research, 10(04). 14-25.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/abr.104.12023

second quarter of 2021. This sector is the source of the highest growth, which is 1.35%. In this

period, the manufacturing sector itself recorded growth of 6.91% despite experiencing

pressure due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Table 1: Manufacturing Company Developments 2016-2020,

Sources: Indonesia Stock Exchange (2021)

Corporate reputation is often considered as one of the most important intangible assets of any

company (Hall, 1993; Hasseldine et al., 2005). A strong reputation helps a company build a

sustainable competitive advantage (Sanchez and Sotorrio, 2007), because it signifies quality

and among all the intangible assets of a company, a company's reputation is perhaps the most

enduring (Hsu, 2012).

Based on this background, the researcher has formulated the problems in this research,

including: (i) Does the principle of integrated reporting affect the reputation of manufacturers

listed on the IDX for the period 2016-2020; (ii) Does CSR affect the reputation of manufacturers

listed on the IDX 2016-2020 period; (iii) Does environmental performance affect the reputation

of Manufacturers listed on the IDX for the 2016-2020 period; (iv) Can business ethics moderate

the effect of the principle of interactive reporting on the reputation of companies listed on the

IDX for the 2016-2020 period; (v) Can business ethics moderate the influence of CSR on

company reputation in Manufacturers listed on the IDX for the 2016-2020 period; (vi) Can

Basic industry & chemicals

ANIMAL FEED 5 5 4 4 4

CEMENT 6 6 5 5 5

CERAMICS, GLASS, PORCELAIN 6 7 7 6 6

CHEMICALS 11 12 10 11 12

METAL AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 15 15 18 21 22

OTHER - BASIC INDUSTRY AND CHEMICALS 1 2 3

PLASTICS & PACKAGING 12 13 14 14 15

PULP & PAPER 8 8 10 11 10

WOOD INDUSTRIES 2 2 4 5 6

JUMLAH 65 68 73 79 83

Consumer goods industry

COSMETICS AND HOUSEHOLD 6 6 6 6 7

FOOD & BEVERAGES 16 20 21 26 28

HOUSEWARE 3 4 3 4 5

OTHERS - CONSUMER GOODS INDUSTRY 1 1

PHARMACEUTICALS 10 10 11 12 13

TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS 4 4 4 5 5

JUMLAH 39 44 45 54 59

Miscellaneous industry

AUTOMOTIVE AND COMPONENTS 13 13 13 13 13

CABLE 6 6 6 7 7

ELECTRONICS 1 1 1 2 2

FOOTWEAR 2 2 3 3 2

MACHINERY AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT 2 3 4 5 5

OTHERS - MISCELLANENEOUS INDUSTRY 5 5 6

TEXTILE, GARMENT 16 17 20 22 21

JUMLAH 40 42 52 57 56

GRAND TOTAL 144 154 170 190 198

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

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business ethics moderate the effect of environmental performance on company reputation in

Manufacturers listed on the IDX for the 2016-2020 period.

Based on the formulation of the problem above, it can be seen that the objectives of this

research are, (i) To obtain empirical evidence about the effect of the principle of integrated

reporting on the reputation of companies listed on the IDX for the period 2016-2020; (ii) To

obtain empirical evidence about the effect of CSR on the reputation of companies listed on the

IDX for the period 2016-2020; (iii) To obtain empirical evidence about the effect of

environmental performance on the reputation of companies listed on the IDX for the 2016-

2020 period; (iv) To obtain empirical evidence that business ethics size can moderate the effect

of the integrated reporting principle on the reputation of companies listed on the IDX for the

2016-2020 period; (vi) To obtain empirical evidence that business ethics can moderate the

effect of environmental performance on company reputation on manufactures listed on the IDX

for the 2016-2020 period.

The researcher limits the scope in which this research relates to the influence of the Principles

of Integrated Reporting and Corporate Social Responsibility and environmental performance

on the reputation of companies with business ethics as a moderating variable in Manufacturing

sector companies on the IDX for the 2016-2020 period. The theoretical significance of this

research is that it is expected to contribute to the development of stakeholder theory, corporate

social responsibility in manufacturing sector companies listed on the IDX, including during the

pandemic. This study focuses more on how the differences in the principles of integrated

reporting, corporate social responsibility, and corporate social responsibility affect the

reputation of the company with business ethics (or Code of Conduct) as a moderating variable.

Through this research, it is expected to provide many benefits for many parties, including, (i)

Researchers can add insight into the influence of the principles of integrated reporting,

Corporate Social Responsibility, environmental performance on company reputation with

business ethics (or Code of Conduct) as a variable moderation, (ii) For companies or businesses

it is expected to provide benefits in strengthening efforts, determining corporate social

responsibility strategies in order to increase company growth, (iii) For further researchers, it

is hoped that this research can be used as a reference to be compared with other research.

LITERATURE REVIEW

Stakeholder Theory

Stakeholder theory was coined by Freeman in 1984 and Jones in 1995, which stated that a

business can be understood as an association of stakeholders (customers, suppliers, employees,

and so on) that together build success in a business (Freeman et al., 2010).

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

CSR is a reforestation strategy carried out by businesses to preserve the culture, social and

economy in an area where the business operates (Raimi, 2017). However, during the last

decade the concept of CSR has increased continuously and has attracted the attention of

business people to be accepted and implemented in business activities (Hou, 2019).

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Social Responsibility, and Environmental Performance Toward Corporate Reputation. Archives of Business Research, 10(04). 14-25.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/abr.104.12023

Corporate Reputation

Corporate reputation is an evaluation of the level of preference that stakeholders have for the

company, measured on a continuum from negative (unfavorable) to positive (favorable)

(Lange, D., Lee, PM and Dai, Y. (2011)

Integratd Reporting

The implementation of integrated reporting guarantees many benefits for the company (Vitolla

et al., 2018). In fact, compliance with the framework can enable standardization of content that

can support the reading and understanding of integrated reports by investors and all

stakeholders.

Environmental Performance

In creating a good and sustainable environment for the future, a company is considered

responsible for environmental management to create better environmental performance for

stakeholders. Environmental performance is a form of company performance in an effort to

create a good (green) environment (Suratno, et.al., 2006; Sukasih & Sugiyanto, 2017).

Business Ethics

A survey of 1,699 CGMA designation holders in 99 (2019) countries provides insight into the

ethical status of business in the workplace. Here are some of the key findings: 51% of

respondents said ethical performance is a greater focus for senior management at their

company than it was three years ago, and 55% believe the importance of business ethics will

grow even further in the next three years.

Conceptual Framework

Figure 1 Conceptual Framework

Research Hypothesis

H1: Application of the Principles of Integrated reporting affects the reputation of a company.

H2: Corporate Social Responsibility affects the reputation of a company.

H3: Environmental performance affects a company's reputation

H4: Business ethics moderates the effect of integrated reporting principles on company

reputation

H5: The influence of business ethics moderates the effect of CSR on a company's reputation

Perbedaan Prinsip

integrated reporting

(X1)

Corporate Social

Responsibility (X2)

Kinerja Lingkungan

(X3)

Reputasi

Perusahaan (Y)

Etika Bisnis (Z)

a b c