SEAS (Sustainable Environment Agricultural Science) E-ISSN 2614 – 0934 https://ejournal.warmadewa.ac.id/index.php/seas Vol. 2, Number 1, April 2018, pages: 27 - 40 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22225/seas.2.1.577.27-40 Received: February 22th, 2018 Revised: March 12th, 2018 Accepted: March 22th, 2018 The Effect of Tri Hita Karana Local Wisdom on Financial Performance of UP3HP Jempiring Group in Regency Badung Ni Wayan Surya Suryathi 1, Made Antara 2, Nengah Bawa Atmaja 3, Wayan Windia4 1 Undiknas University, Denpasar-Bali, Indonesia. 2,4 Postgraduate Agricultural Science Program, Udayana University, Denpasar-Bali, Indonesia 3 Ganesha University, Singaraja-Bali, Indonesia Abstract Every business group that is in the community, if run in earnest, tenacious, enterprising, and honest matters, will usually succeed in achieving its goals. The Jempiring Group of Service Unit, Development and Processing of Agricultural Products (UP3HP) in Badung regency obtain capital assistance from the Government and required to be accountable to the government as a form of success/ group’s performance in running its business. The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of local wisdom Tri Hita Karana on financial performance UP3HP Jempiring Group in Badung regency. The result and discussion show that local wisdom Tri Hita Karana have a strong influence on Financial Performance of UP3HP Jempiring Group in Badung regency. This is because Tri Hita Karana has penetrated each member of the UP3HP Jempiring group in the implementation of the community both in religious ceremonies, such as the ceremony of Dewa Yadnya, Manusa Yadnya, Pitra Yadnya or Butha Yadnya, menyamebraya activity, as well as its existence in preserving plants related with the processing of agricultural produce. Keywords: financial performance, local wisdom. Author Correspondence: Ni Wayan Surya Suryathi Undiknas University, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia E-mail: [email protected] 1. Introduction 1.1 Background of Study Local wisdom Tri Hita Karana is a Balinese Hindu philosophy that is believed to provide guidance in maintaining harmonious relationships in the life of the community. As well, with the life of business groups founded by PKK’s women in the village of Blahkiuh, Abiansemal, Badung regency, the group UP3HP Jempiring. In maintaining the continuity of their group's business, they always prioritize the local wisdom of Tri Hita Karana through their belief in maintaining the harmonious relationship with Ida Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa (Parahyangan), maintaining the harmonious relationship with fellow human beings (Pawongan), and maintaining the harmonious relationship with nature (Palemahan). Today, the UP3HP Jempiring group Blahkiuh, Abiansemal, Badung regency is still running well, because they have a strong desire and commitment to keep the business going, persistent in running their business, honest in doing business, responsible, communicating with each member of the group every month, and active in reporting aid funds provided by the Government of Badung regency for processing agricultural products, Rp 25,000,000.00 in total. The success of UP3HP Jempiring group in improving its performance is not only caused by a capital factor, technological factors, availability of production facilities, and farmer involvement in farmer SEAS (Sustainable Environment Agricultural Science) © All Right Reserved Page 27 The Effect of Tri Hita Karana Local Wisdom on Financial Performance of UP3HP Jempiring Group in Regency Badung groups [1], human resources factors [2], organizational culture, communication, product quality [3]. But also, according to interview results, [4] that the success of an organization is due to the cultural capital of local wisdom Tri Hita Karana as the three causes of happiness [5]. This is reinforced by various studies and facts that show a developed nation is a nation that has a strong character. The values of these characters are the values of local wisdom excavated from the cultural treasures that are in harmony with the characteristics of the local community. Japan became a developed nation thanks to its success in internalizing the spirit of bushido excavated from the spirit of their ancestors (the samurai). South Korea became a respected nation in Asia, even in the world thanks to the success of digging the noble values that are reflected in the spirit of semaul undong. China with the spirit of Confucianism, and Germany with its ethics protestant. Understanding Religion from a sociological perspective is essentially a way of looking at religion by focusing on humanity (especially social aspect) in religious belief systems and practices [6]. The sociology of religion is often defined as the study of the interrelationship between religion and society, as well as the forms of social interaction that occur as a result of the dialectic that occurs between religion on the one hand and society on the other [6]. Local wisdom applied by UP3HP Jempiring Group Blahkiuh, Abiansemal, Badung regency is not of the same quality, because local wisdom is a recipe for action. One group / one person can execute it consistently, but others may not be able to. Those factors make it interesting to examine the influence of Local Wisdom Tri Hita Karana on Financial Performance of UP3HP Jempiring Group in Badung regency. The problem studied in this research is, how the influence of Local Wisdom Tri Hita Karana affects the Financial Performance of UP3HP Jempiring Group in Badung regency? With the aim to analyze and reveal the influence of local wisdom Tri Hita Karana on the financial performance of UP3HP Jempiring Group in Badung regency. 1.2 Literature Review Local Wisdom Theory Local wisdom is a conceptual idea that lives in society, grows and develops continuously in the awareness of society that can be approached from religious values, ethical, aesthetic, intellectual or even other values such as economics, technology etc. [7]. Local wisdom can be interpreted as a thought of life based on a clear reason, a good mind, and contains positive things and can be translated as the work of reason, deep feelings, nature, form of temperament, and the suggestion for human glory [8]. The value of local wisdom will have a meaning if it remains a reference in overcoming every dynamic of social life. The existence of the value of local wisdom will be tested in the midst of a dynamic social life. Empirically, the value of local wisdom that grows and develops in Balinese society has been tested its efficacy, at least when the reform process takes place, multi-party elections and social conflicts nuanced between youth, economic and political issues can be muffled [9]. The Balinese society as a unity of geography, ethnicity, race, religion has the value of local wisdom that has been tested and proved its social roaming in overcoming various problems of social life. The value of local wisdom that developed and believed as a social glue that often becomes a reference in managing relationships and harmony among fellow religious communities in Bali Province, including the value of local wisdom Tri Hita Karana [9]. The philosophy of Tri Hita Karana teaches about the balance of the reciprocal relationship between man and God, the man with man, and the man with nature or his environment. The three elements of Tri Hita Karana namely, Parahyangan is covering the values or spiritual layer, Pawongan that includes the sociocultural layer, and Palemahan is covering the natural-physical SEAS (Sustainable Environment Agricultural Science) © All Right Reserved Page 28 The Effect of Tri Hita Karana Local Wisdom on Financial Performance of UP3HP Jempiring Group in Regency Badung environment [10]. Financial Performance Theory The financial statements are financial information that describes the financial performance of a company [11]. Company's financial performance is shown from the financial statements in generating revenue with resources owned by the company [12]. Financial performance is a tool to assess the performance and financial condition of a company, using a ratio size or index showing the relationship between two / more financial data [13]. Performance appraisal can be utilized by management for 1) Manage organizational operations effectively and efficiently through maximum employee motivation; 2) Helping the decision-making concerned with its employees such as promotion, dismissal, mutation; 3) Identify training and employee development needs and to provide criteria for selection and evaluation of employee training programs; 4) Provide feedback to employees on how their employers assess their performance; 5) Provides a basis for award distribution [14]. Information about the financial performance of a company will be very useful in the decision- making process, both for internal and external parties of the companies. Internal parties of the company, especially the management company to use as a tool for performance evaluation in the past and as a guide in preparing the company's work plan in the future. For external parties, especially investors, the measurement of the company's financial performance can be used as the basis for making investment decisions [15]. The financial performance of a company is very useful for various parties (stakeholders) such as investors, creditors, analysts, financial consultants, brokers, government, and the management itself [16]. Financial ratio is a tool that can be used to assess the performance of management within a period, whether it reaches the target as it has been set, assess the ability of management in empowering the company's resources effectively, can be used as an evaluation material, to know the policies that must be taken by the owners of the company to make changes to the people who sit in the future management [17]. Some common financial ratios applied to evaluate the company's financial performance include liquidity ratio, solvency ratio, activity ratio, profitability ratio, and operating ratio, [18]. Social Construction Theory The theory of social constructivism is rooted in a constructivist paradigm that sees social reality as a social construction created by an individual who is a free man.