In commenting on the career opportunities of women and minorities in public accounting nrms, an executive partner of a national accounting firm noted that "client acceptance" was an important issue. That is, he believed that the reluctance of certain clients to accept female and minority auditors was a factor contributing to the lack of progress of these groups in public accounting. Assume an audit client objects to a given auditor because of the auditor's sex or race. What courses of action should the CPA firm consider taking in such a case?