Human resource professionals need to protect staff in an ethical way, even through such difficult times as terminations and layoffs. To do this, you need self-awareness and the ability to separate personal feelings from business priorities, according to Chas Fields, senior partner in the HCM advisory group at Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG) in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Self-Reflection for Self-Awareness

Speaking at the SHRM Annual Conference & Expo 2022 in New Orleans on June 13, Fields asked attendees to reflect on the following questions:

• When am I at my best?
• What kind of person do I want to be today?
• What situations make me feel terrible, and what do they have in common?
• What activities am I doing when it feels like time flies by?
• What is working well in my life and work today?
• If I had a magic wand, where would I be in three months?
• If I change nothing, what will my life look like three months from now? How does that make me feel?
• What actions, if taken, would make me proud of myself, regardless of the outcome?
• When negative thoughts arise, how do I deal with them?
• How do I stay grounded when I feel overwhelmed?
• What motivates me?

Distinguishing Ethics from Morality

Fields said HR professionals can make more-ethical decisions at work if they're able to distinguish ethics from morality.

"You have to be able to separate the personal from the professional," Fields said. That will give HR "clarity to answer hard questions."

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