Transparency level of the electronic procurement system in Malaysia

Ahmad @ Abdul Mutalib, Hawa and Abul Hassan, Sitti Hasinah and Ismail, Suhaiza (2023) Transparency level of the electronic procurement system in Malaysia. Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting, 21 (3). ISSN 1985-2517

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Abstract

This paper aims to examine the level of transparency of the electronic procurement (e-procurement) system in Malaysia. Using the content analysis method, 23 transparency disclosure items from the Website Attribute Evaluation System (WAES) checklist were used to evaluate the transparency level of the e-procurement system. The data gathered from the WAES were analysed using frequency and percentage based on the various categories of transparency. The study reveals that the e-procurement system disclosed 17 out of the 23 WAES transparency disclosure items, which represents a transparency disclosure level of 73.91%. Of the five categories of disclosure, i.e. ownership, contact information, organizational information, citizen consequences and freshness, the detailed results show that the items are fully disclosed for only two categories, and for three categories, i.e. ownership, contact information and organizational information, the items are not fully disclosed. The findings of the present research offer a positive indication that the government is moving in the right direction, particularly in efforts to reduce the corruption level in procurement activities and to improve the accountability level of the government. The present study is among the few studies that attempts to address a fundamental issue of transparency in the public procurement system that has an important relationship with the occurrence of corruption in procurement activities.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Public procurement, Content analysis, Corruption, Transparency, E-procurement, Website attribute evaluation system
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance > HJ9701 Public accounting
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences > Department of Accounting
Depositing User:	Dr Hawa Ahmad
Date Deposited:	14 Mar 2022 09:53
Last Modified:	13 Jun 2023 09:21
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/96018

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