Willem Engel Oktavianus Umboh, Ismail, Puguh Hari Setiawan
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have arisen due to the failure of GCG implementation. In 1999, we saw countries in East
Asia that were equally affected by the crisis begin to recover, except Indonesia. It must
be understood that global competition is not a competition between countries but between
corporations in those countries (Agustina, 2020). So winning or losing, winning or falling,
recovering or staying in the slump of one country's economy depends on each other's
corporations. This understanding opens the insight that our corporation has not been
managed properly. In special language, our corporation has not exercised governance. A
survey from Booz-Allen in East Asia in 1998 showed that Indonesia had the lowest
corporate governance index with a score of 2.88, far below Singapore (8.93), Malaysia
(7.72) and Thailand (4.89). The low quality of GCG corporations in Indonesia is
suspected to be the downfall of these companies (Dewi, 2017).
Good Corporate Governance is a concept that concerns the structure of the
company, the division of duties, the division of authority, and the division of
responsibility of each element that makes up the company's elements, and the
mechanisms that must be taken by each of these elements (Fabiola, 2015). Good
Corporate Governance serves to foster customer trust. The implementation of good
corporate governance will prevent mistakes in decision-making and self-beneficial
actions, and it will automatically increase the value reflected in financial performance
(Rahman, 2017).
The main objective of Good Corporate Governance is to create a system of checks
and balances to prevent misuse of resources and still encourage company growth
(Syofyan, 2021). Good corporate governance should provide appropriate incentives for
the board and management to pursue goals for the benefit of the company and its
shareholders and facilitate effective oversight (Ardianto, 2023).
In Indonesia, we have started to create conducive conditions for implementing
Good Corporate Governance (GCG) by issuing regulatory tools that meet international
standards. However, more needs to be done to change perceptions and corporate
motivations and improve our justice system to support enforcing those rules (Ningtyas,
2020). One of the causes of the vulnerability of companies in Indonesia to economic
turmoil is the weak implementation of GCG, which includes fairness, openness,
accountability, and responsibility (Ardani, 2017). These four principles must work
simultaneously to obtain optimal results in the company's management. Efficient and
effective management of the company is important because it can have an impact, among
others, The size of the profits that the company will obtain, Whether or not the risk will
be experienced by the company that can cause losses, Guaranteed or not effective
production in the company; and To maintain business continuity and continuity. For the
company's business transactions to be efficient, it must do and fulfil several things, one
of which is the basic principles of GCG. The principles of good corporate governance are
transparency, accountability, responsibility, independence, equality, and fairness.
Therefore, every company should ensure that GCG principles are applied to every aspect
of business at all levels so that the company's main objectives can be achieved (Hakim,
2021).