When The Gap posts the results of its ethics audit on its website, it is engaged in which of the following steps of the ethics auditing process?

A) Submit the results to the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
B) Define the scope of the audit.
C) Collect and analyze relevant information.
D) Verify the results.
E) Report the results.

When The Gap posts the results of its ethics audit on its website, it is reporting the results, which is the last step of the ethics auditing process. The other options describe earlier steps of the process: defining the scope, collecting and analyzing information, and verifying the results. Submitting the results to the U.S. Sentencing Commission is not a typical step in the ethics auditing process, although it may be required in some cases.