Because CEO's decide which is okay and which isn't, and because fuck you, that's why.

No, it's not logical, or consistent, or rationally defensible. They don't give a shit, and they don't believe they have you answer to you. If they choose to give any answer at all, it will be bullshit in the "On Bullshit" sense of the word; the answer will not be made with any consideration for truth, but just to provide whatever words the speaker thinks will shut you up.