Code of Ethics

SHRM's Core Principles

As HR professionals, we are responsible for adding value to the organizations we serve and contributing to the ethical success of those organizations. We accept professional responsibility for our individual decisions and actions. We are also advocates for the profession by engaging in activities that enhance its credibility and value.
As professionals we must strive to meet the highest standards of competence and commit to strengthen our competencies on a continuous basis.

HR professionals are expected to exhibit individual leadership as a role model for maintaining the highest standards of ethical conduct.

As human resource professionals, we are ethically responsible for promoting and fostering fairness and justice for all employees and their organizations.

As HR professionals, we must maintain a high level of trust with our stakeholders. We must protect the interests of our stakeholders as well as our professional integrity and should not engage in activities that create actual, apparent, or potential conflicts of interest.

HR professionals consider and protect the rights of individuals, especially in the acquisition and dissemination of information while ensuring truthful communications and facilitating informed decision-making.

AHRM’s Code of Ethics

As a member of the Association for Human Resource Management, I pledge to:

• Maintain the highest standards of professional and personal conduct.
  
  
• Strive for continuous personal growth in the field of Human Resource Management.
  
  
• Support the Association’s goals and objectives for developing the Human Resource Management profession.
  
  
• Encourage my employer to make the fair and equitable treatment of all employees a primary concern.
  
  
• Strive to make my employer profitable both in monetary terms and through the support and encouragement of effective employment practices.
  
  
• Instill in the employees and the public a sense of confidence about the conduct and intentions of my employer.
  
  
• Maintain loyalty to my employer and pursue its objectives in ways that are consistent with the public interest.
  
  
• Uphold all laws and regulations relating to my employer’s activities.
  Refrain from using AHRM membership lists/directories as mailing sources without prior approval of the Board.
  
  
• Maintain the confidentiality of privileged information.
  Expand public understanding of the role of Human Resource Management.