In which situation can economic exploitation become a human rights question?

Correct answer: Taking workers’ labour without wages and stopping complaints

Economic exploitation becomes a human-rights issue when a person’s labour, livelihood, dignity, or ability to seek help is unfairly taken away. Option A is correct because making workers labour without paying agreed wages is an abuse of economic power, and stopping their complaints removes access to remedy and accountability. The conduct may also involve forced labour or other legal violations depending on the facts. Buying goods, depositing money in a bank, and reading a book are ordinary activities and do not, by themselves, show exploitation or denial of rights. The key reasoning is not simply that money is involved; it is that coercion, deception, withheld payment, unequal power, or blocked redress harms a person’s dignity and freedom.