The purpose of this paper is to investigate how biological scientists form research ethics for data sharing, and what the major factors affecting biological scientists’ formation of research ethics for data sharing are.,A research model for data sharing was developed based on the consequential theorists’ perspective of ethics. An online survey of 577 participants was administered, and the proposed research model was validated with a structural equation modeling technique.,The results show that egoism factors (perceived reputation, perceived risk, perceived effort), utilitarianism factors (perceived community benefit and perceived reciprocity) and norm of practice factors (perceived pressure by funding agency, perceived pressure by journal and norm of data sharing) all contribute to the formation of research ethics for data sharing.,This research employed the consequentialist perspective of ethics for its research model development, and the proposed research model nicely explained how egoism, utilitarianism and norm of practice factors influence biological scientists’ research ethics for data sharing, which eventually leads to their data sharing intentions.,This research provides important practical implications for examining scientists’ data sharing behaviors from the perspective of research ethics. This research suggests that scientists’ data sharing behaviors can be better facilitated by emphasizing their egoism, utilitarianism and normative factors involved in research ethics for data sharing.,The ethical perspectives in data sharing research has been under-studied; this research sheds light on biological scientists’ formation of research ethics for data sharing, which can be applied in promoting scientists’ data sharing behaviors across different disciplines.

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生物科学家共享数据的研究伦理的形成：一项实证分析

本文旨在研究生物科学家如何形成数据共享研究伦理，以及影响生物科学家形成数据共享研究伦理的主要因素是什么。基于结果论者建立了数据共享研究模型的道德观。管理了577名参与者的在线调查，并使用结构方程建模技术验证了所提出的研究模型。结果表明，利己主义因素（感知的声誉，感知的风险，感知的努力），功利主义因素（感知的社区利益和感知的互惠性） ）和实践规范（资助机构的感知压力，期刊的感知压力和数据共享规范）均有助于形成数据共享研究伦理。这项研究采用了结果伦理学的视角来研究模型，提出的研究模型很好地解释了利己主义，功利主义和实践因素如何影响生物学家的数据共享研究伦理，最终导致了他们的数据共享意图。这项研究从研究伦理的角度为研究科学家的数据共享行为提供了重要的实践意义。这项研究表明，通过强调科学家的利己主义，功利主义和参与数据共享的研究伦理的规范因素，可以更好地促进科学家的数据共享行为。这项研究揭示了生物学家为数据共享而建立的研究伦理的基础，