Cinergy, a Midwestern Gas and Electric Utility, Agreed Not to Penalize

Cinergy, a midwestern gas and electric utility, agreed not to penalize workers who left the company before the age of 65 and also offered leaving employees a bonus equivalent to two weeks' pay for every year of employment with Cinergy. Cinergy is

A) generating a pool of qualified applicants.
B) encouraging voluntary early retirement.
C) terminating unproductive employees.
D) reducing the workforce through natural attrition.
E) cutting its human resource department.