Equitable Design
Local
and international issues and barriers are associated with data sharing.
Institutions and publishers revisit publishing requirements on a
continual basis to address these concerns. Therefore, revisiting
publishing requirements is considered a continuous process improvement
strategy to incorporate agreements on data sharing between
organizations.
Read this article and take notes on the ethical
concerns and suggestions listed in each case study. What actions can you
recommend to an employer to mitigate obstacles and issues associated
with data sharing?
Conclusions
To
promote equitable data sharing, the interests of multiple research
stakeholders must be considered and including: (1) the primary
researchers, their wider teams, and their institutions, (2) the primary
study participants and their communities, (3) secondary users, their
wider teams, and their institutions and (4) the broader public that
stand to benefit from the knowledge generated through research studies.
Equitable data sharing requires investments and efforts from all
stakeholders involved. We need to go beyond merely minimising harms to
research participants and increase the promotion of the interests of
their communities by encouraging data sharing and re-use while
protecting the interests of primary researchers and their institutions.