Northpoint is a federal contractor located in Washington DC, with 562 employees, of which 77 are engineers. Northpoint receives million of dollars in contracts every year. Nearly fifty percent of the population of Washington DC is African American and nearly thirty percent of the population of Washington DC Metro area is African American, however none of theengineers employed at Northpoint is African-American. Choose one of the following answers and provide a brief analysis of the laws and facts to support your answer.
A. Northpoint can adopt a voluntary affirmative action plan to increase the percentage of African-American engineers after analyzing the availability of African American engineers in the Washington DC Metro area and after making sure that no current engineer will be harmed by the plan.
B. Northpoint must adopt an affirmative action plan.