HR balancing act - business partner / employee advocate

Thank you Elizabeth.

My question did not intend to upset anyone.
It was the curiosity of a “novice” who thought this was a forum where dilemmas such as this could be honestly shared and discussed, without inflicting any pain on either sides. Perhaps I was wrong. On the other hand I cannot be held accountable for what other people posted here before me.

Among others D Ulrich and W Brockbank use the term Employee Advocate in their book “The HR value proposition”, P.200., where Employee Advocate is one of the 5 roles a HR professional supposed to have.

Maybe scholars like above could be held as culprits for the fact that these “misconceptions” crop up from time to time.

I am not sure how to interpret the CIPD’s mission statement of “Championing better work and working lives” then either. Maybe you can shed a light on it for me.

As you rightly said, HR is not and should not be the conscience of an organisation. From a customer’s perspective if I compare HR with the marketing department then the latter needs to learn a lot from HR.

You've not upset anyone, Karin. Enjoying the debate :)

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