It's Good to Share: Why Environmental Scientists' Ethics Are Out of Date.
It's Good to Share: Why Environmental Scientists' Ethics Are Out of Date.
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DOI：
10.1093/biosci/biu169
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发表时间：
2015-01-01
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影响因子：
10.1
通讯作者：
Montgomery GM
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作者：
Soranno PA;Cheruvelil KS;Elliott KC;Montgomery GM
尽管最近有许多人呼吁增加数据共享，但大多数环境科学家并没有在在线存储库中公开他们的个人数据集。目前的数据共享对话集中在克服与数据共享相关的技术挑战以及缺乏对个人共享数据的奖励和激励。我们认为，最重要的对话还没有发生：在当前的文化，行为和环境科学家的实践中，还没有一个强大的道德动力来共享数据。在这篇文章中，我们描述了社会和环境科学界正在发生的一个关键转变，这使得数据共享不仅是好的，而且是道德上的义务。这是一种转向促进科学内外包容性的伦理价值的转变。真正包容和民主的科学方法的一个基本要素是通过公开获取的数据集共享数据。
Although there have been many recent calls for increased data sharing, the majority of environmental scientists do not make their individual data sets publicly available in online repositories. Current data-sharing conversations are focused on overcoming the technological challenges associated with data sharing and the lack of rewards and incentives for individuals to share data. We argue that the most important conversation has yet to take place: There has not been a strong ethical impetus for sharing data within the current culture, behaviors, and practices of environmental scientists. In this article, we describe a critical shift that is happening in both society and the environmental science community that makes data sharing not just good but ethically obligatory. This is a shift toward the ethical value of promoting inclusivity within and beyond science. An essential element of a truly inclusionary and democratic approach to science is to share data through publicly accessible data sets.