SHRM sponsors the creation of national level HR standards by administering several taskforces that focus on specific areas within the purview of HR and operate according to ANSI procedures for developing American National Standards. SHRM also supports the development of global HR standards through its role as administrator of the US TAG to ISO TC 260 for Human Resource Management. To learn how to join these efforts, please use the links on the left to navigate to the standards developing body of interest.
Standards Organizations
- ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
- CEN (European Committee for Standardization / Comite Europeen de Normalisation / Europaisches Komitee fur Normung)
- ILO (International Labour Organization)
- SAI (Social Accountability International)
- AFNOR (French Standards Organization / Association francaise de normalization)
- BSI (British Standards Institute)
- DIN (German Institute for Standardization / Deutsches Institut fur Normung)
- HKIHRM Hong Kong Institute for HR Management Body of Professional Standards
- JSA (Japanese Standards Association)
- NEN (Netherlands Standardization Institute / Nederlands Normalisatie-Instituut)
- NZS (Standards New Zealand / Paerewa Aotearoa)
- SA (Standards Australia)
- SCC (Standards Council of Canada / Conseil canadien des norms)
- UNI (Italian Organization for Standardization / Ente Nazionale Italiano de Unificazione)
- ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
- NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
- ASIS (ASIS International)
- ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials)
- IEC (International ElectroTechnical Commission)
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