ISO 27500:2016适用于私营、公共和非营利部门所有类型组织（无论大小）的执行委员会成员和决策者。 它描述了使一个组织以人为中心的价值观和信念，可以实现的重大商业利益，并解释了组织不以人为中心的风险。它为执行局成员实现这一目标所需实施的政策提供了建议。它为执行董事会成员制定了以人为中心的高水平原则，以便优化绩效，最大限度地降低组织和个人的风险，最大限度地提高组织的福祉，并加强与客户的关系。强调了组织政策对解决以人为本问题的重要性。 ISO 27500:2016不是管理体系标准。它不适用于认证目的或监管或合同用途。 ISO 27500:2016并不是为了阻止制定更具体或要求更高的国家标准。

ISO 27500:2016 is intended for executive board members and policy makers of all types of organizations (whether large or small) in the private, public and non-profit sectors. It describes the values and beliefs that make an organization human-centred, the significant business benefits that can be achieved, and explains the risks for the organization of not being human-centred. It provides recommendations for the policies that executive board members need to implement to achieve this. It sets out high-level human-centred principles for executive board members to endorse in order to optimize performance, minimize risks to organizations and individuals, maximize well-being in their organization, and enhance their relationships with the customers. The importance of organizational policy to address human-centredness is emphasized. ISO 27500:2016 is not a management system standard. It is not intended or appropriate for certification purposes or regulatory or contractual use. ISO 27500:2016 is not intended to prevent the development of national standards that are more specific or demanding.