Fraud Prevention in the Perspective of Internal Audit, Internal Control, Whistleblowing System, and Professional Ethics in Palm Oil Company

Abstract

The study aims to analyze the impact of internal audit, internal control and whistleblowing system on fraud prevention with professional ethics moderation. Research is a quantitative study using primary data collected using a questionnaire forming a list of written questions about issues to be discussed to respondents. A total of 325 respondents answered the questionnaire thoroughly and analyzed. Testing the moderated regression analysis hypothesis. The results show that internal audits, internal controls and whistleblowing system have a significant impact on fraud prevention. Professional ethics are able to moderate the variable of internal control in fraud prevention. Specifically, the samples came from a palm oil company that has unique characteristics in determining fraud prevention strategies. The next researcher could develop it by adding decision-making variables in fraud prevention to similar industries or other industries.