{"id":13445,"date":"2025-09-05T20:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T20:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/uk\/?post_type=resources&p=13445"},"modified":"2025-09-05T20:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T20:07:08","slug":"exploring-decentralised-dei-situating-inclusivity-and-accountability-outside-of-hr","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/uk\/resources\/hr-strategy\/dei\/exploring-decentralised-dei-situating-inclusivity-and-accountability-outside-of-hr\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring decentralised DEI: Situating inclusivity and accountability outside of HR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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by Georgie Williams<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Being a human resources professional often demands superhuman resolve: anyone who has worked in an HR department will attest to the regular sensation of feeling overstretched. A 2025 report by HR platform Personio found that approximately 34% of HR workers were considering leaving the industry within the next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amidst the pressures of the pandemic and hybrid working, HR professionals have, over the past few years, also been tasked with taking responsibility for various diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The increasing awareness of and engagement with DEI across many industries has been of immense benefit<\/a> to many employees, but the situating of DEI within HR has expanded the role of many HR professionals beyond their workload capacity and, at times, beyond their professional and personal expertise. So in this article, we will be exploring the role of HR with and within DEI and considering how best to integrate DEI into the broader fabric of an organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To understand how decentralised DEI can be effective, we need to start by understanding what HR departments are and aren’t responsible for – and where HR responsibilities overlap with DEI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The jurisdiction of HR<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Although all HR work should be DEI-conscious, not all DEI work is (exclusively) the responsibility of an HR department. There are areas of DEI implementation that should always be HR-led such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n