Elevating HR. Protecting People. Restoring Trust.

We are a movement to restore trust in Human Resources through professional licensure. Our mission is to ensure HR accountability, ethics, and empowerment are not optional—they’re protected by law.

The Challenge

Human Resources professionals manage some of the most consequential decisions in modern working life. They directly influence who gets hired, who gets fired, who gets promoted, and how complaints of discrimination or harassment are handled. Yet unlike other professions with comparable impact, HR remains largely unregulated. There is no required licensure, no enforceable ethical standard, and no independent mechanism for accountability.

The result is a growing trust crisis.

Employees believe that “HR is not your friend.” Organizations face mounting legal, financial, and reputational risk. HR professionals themselves are left navigating the balance between business pressure and ethical responsibility.

The Solution

We believe it is time to license HR in the same way society has professionalized law, medicine, accounting, and other fields that shape people’s lives.

The HR Accountability Project advocates for state licensure of Human Resources professionals who make or influence high-impact employment decisions, including hiring, termination, compensation, promotions, demotions, and workplace investigations.

Licensure is not about punishing or blaming HR. It is about empowering the profession. Clear standards, ethical guardrails, accountability mechanisms, and legal protections will allow HR professionals to act with integrity, independence, and credibility.

Why Now

Public trust in workplace institutions is eroding. High-profile wrongful termination and discrimination cases continue to surface. Employees and HR professionals are demanding higher standards and real accountability.

This moment calls for more than reassurance or rebranding. It calls for structural reform.