Alex is an OACETT C.

Alex is an OACETT C.E.T. He works at an IT company that completes unique software programming for industrial and medical tools and equipment. There was sample hardware in the office that Alex did not think the company needed. He took the hardware home to see if he could adapt it for a project he was working on for his own interest. He did not intend to make money off of the project; he simply wanted to see if an idea he had was feasible. The next week the company owner asked all employees about the whereabouts of the sample hardware. The company owner indicated that the hardware needed to be returned to the manufacturer and that the company would get charged for it if it was not returned. Alex did not say anything to the company owner about having taken the sample hardware. By this time, he had already disassembled it and used different parts in his own project. He was not able to put the sample hardware back together.

If the complaint goes all the way to the OACETT Discipline Committee, what is one possible consequence from the committee for Alex? (1 mark)