[ncallaway]

I'm sure company policy would technically prohibit them from accessing company resources from their personal computer; or if it does allow access to company resources from their personal computer then their corporate tech policy very likely does apply to their personal computing.

If the executive bought it for a personal mac mini for personal use only, with no interaction with company resources, then the person probably wouldn't have told the story.

[danielmarkbruce]

You might be right. But this (and a few other) weird comments in this thread suggest some folks aren't thinking very clearly on this topic.