Green Oval Electronics employs approximately $2,700$ employees. During a recent workforce survey, it was found that $97$ percent of the company's managers are white, although only $62$ percent of the company's entire workforce is white. The company decided to implement a voluntary affirmative action plan that would reserve $25$ percent of the openings in a managerial development program for blacks and other minorities, only until the percentage of minority employees working as supervisors was representative of the percentage of available minorities in the local labor force. Which of the following holds true in this scenario?

Question $41$ options:

$1)$

This affirmative action plan is illegal because under Executive Order $11246,$ only a $10$ percent quota is permitted.

$2)$

This affirmative action plan is legal because Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of $1964$ mandates employers to protect the interests of minorities and women by setting employment quotas.

$3)$

This affirmative action plan is legal because it is temporary and does not unnecessarily infringe on the rights of white employees.

$4)$

This affirmative action plan is illegal because it discriminates against white employees.