This document outlines the requirements for an individual research project examining corporations that profited from the Transatlantic Slave Trade and whether they should pay reparations. It includes introducing the topic, stating the research question, and outlining the methodology. The methodology involves using a research strategy and instrument to collect data, with a sample survey provided containing 5 questions related to the topic. The research question asks how many corporations today benefited from the slave trade and are among the top 20 wealthiest, and whether they would have achieved the same success without involvement in the slave trade.

1. Research Question- What major companies/corporations in play
today profited the most from the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
Should these Organizations be forced to pay reparations for
forced labor?
The required information for this Individual Project includes the
following:
Introduction
Business, organizational problem, or topic
Problem statement
Purpose of the Study
One research question
Hypothesis regarding the research question
Rationale for selecting your proposed research strategy utilizing
your two articles identified in unit 1 for support
Methodology

2. Research strategy that you will use to explore the problem
Method for securing the sample population
Method for delivery of the survey instrument
Research instrument to collect data
Include a copy of the actual survey, complete with the
introduction to the study (including all of the ethical
considerations that should be included in the survey
introduction. See
Ethical Concerns: Informed Consent
in the Unit 2 M.U.S.E.).
The following information
MUST
be included:
The business, organizational problem, or topic
The problem statement
The research strategy that you will use to explore the problem
1 research question
Your rationale for selecting your proposed research strategy
1 research instrument that you will use to collect data

3. A questionnaire or survey with at least 5 research questions for
the study
Survey example:
What do you know about Brand X?
Would you be willing to try Brand X if a free sample was
available?
If you answered yes to Question 2, please explain why.
What is one of the most important features of a product for
you?
How do you decide what product to buy? (Survey questions
below)
How Many Corporations still exist today that benefited from
The Transatlantic Slave Trade?
How Many of those corporations are in the top 20 when it
comes to wealth
Do you feel that without their positions in the slave trade,
they would have had the same success?

4. Slavery in itself is unethical work due to the lack of consent
and harmful conditions both physically and psychologically.
Why should Corporations be able to profit freely to this day
without proper compensation to the families of those who
built the corporation from the ground up?
What is the normal pay percentage gap between the corporation
owners and the workers in today's society? Would it be okay
for workers today to work for free under the threat of torture
or death?