Section for Translational Medical Ethics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
Sci Eng Ethics. 2024 Aug 6;30(4):35. doi: 10.1007/s11948-024-00491-3.
Sharing research data has great potential to benefit science and society. However, data sharing is still not common practice. Since public research funding agencies have a particular impact on research and researchers, the question arises: Are public funding agencies morally obligated to promote data sharing? We argue from a research ethics perspective that public funding agencies have several pro tanto obligations requiring them to promote data sharing. However, there are also pro tanto obligations that speak against promoting data sharing in general as well as with regard to particular instruments of such promotion. We examine and weigh these obligations and conclude that all things considered funders ought to promote the sharing of data. Even the instrument of mandatory data sharing policies can be justified under certain conditions.
分享研究数据具有极大的造福科学和社会的潜力。然而，数据共享仍然不是常见的做法。由于公共研究资助机构对研究和研究人员有特殊的影响，因此出现了这样一个问题：公共资助机构在道德上是否有义务促进数据共享？我们从研究伦理的角度出发，认为公共资助机构有几项正当事由要求他们促进数据共享。然而，也有一些正当事由反对一般地促进数据共享，以及在特殊的促进手段方面。我们审查和权衡了这些义务，并得出结论，从各方面考虑，资助者应该促进数据的共享。即使是强制性数据共享政策的手段，在某些条件下也可以是合理的。
