You're oversimplifying the issue, which does nothing to bring us closer to a solution.
If you tell X to get something done and ALSO give X rules that they must follow and X gets the thing done but __breaks the rules__ then this is different. It is also different if you have reasonable suspicion to expect them to break the rules or are using subversive language to tell them to break the rules. These are different things and have different consequences.
If you are truely acting in good faith, then yes, it is a defense. But determining if that's true is not an easy task.
There is good faith, coercion, negligence, and willful negligence. These are different things.
If you tell X to get something done and ALSO give X rules that they must follow and X gets the thing done but __breaks the rules__ then this is different. It is also different if you have reasonable suspicion to expect them to break the rules or are using subversive language to tell them to break the rules. These are different things and have different consequences.
If you are truely acting in good faith, then yes, it is a defense. But determining if that's true is not an easy task.
There is good faith, coercion, negligence, and willful negligence. These are different things.