D is the chief executive of a UK-based mining company which has operations across the...

D is the chief executive of a UK-based mining company which has operations across the world and, in some countries, employs children. Child workers are only permitted to undertake certain tasks that are deemed to be safe and not physically demanding. Endorsed by his board of directors, D argues that it is better for children in poor countries to have the option of fairly paid work than to risk starvation or be forced into prostitution or criminality. A national newspaper publishes the story and gets an unprecedented number of UK voters to sign a petition for government to intervene and stop these practices. This is an example of a tension between: