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Shelly Giovanni
Anisa Kusumawardani
Sari Rahmadhani

Abstract

This research analyzes the effect of Fraudulent Financial Reporting (FFR), Financial Performance, and Sustainability Disclosure on Firm Value, with Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) as a mediating. The novelty of this this study lies in positioning ESG as a post-pandemic mediation mechanism that explains how FFR risk, financial performance, and sustainability disclosure affect firm value. In addition, it shows ESG’s role as an intermediary linking the company’s internal practices to market valuation. Research data were obtained from technology sector companies listed on IDX for the period 2021- 2024, with a sample of 88.  Data analysis using PLS-SEM based on SmartPLS version 4.0. The result showed that FFR doesn’t affect on firm value, as the direction of influence is opposite to the hypothesis, it has positive effect. Financial performance and ESG have a significant positive effect on the firm value, while sustainability disclosure have no effect. The result of the mediation test showed that ESG mediated the effect of FFR and sustainability disclosure on firm value, but didn’t mediate the effect of financial performance on firm value. This finding shows that the market isn’t capable of directly detecting manipulation practices. However, ESG commitment acts as a credibility signal that can increase investor confidence in the company’s commitment to implementing sustainable business practices and help reduse risk perception related to potential FFR and sustainability disclosure burden in the formation of the firm value of post-pandemic technology sector sompanies.

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Giovanni, S., Kusumawardani, A., & Rahmadhani, S. (2026). Enhancing firm value through ESG: Fraud, financial performance, sustainability disclosure. Indonesia Accounting Research Journal, 14(1), 1–12. Retrieved from https://journals.iarn.or.id/index.php/Accounting/article/view/611
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