Instead of paying him the $ multi-million incentives he has earned, they have decided that a more economical approach would be to bury him and his family. Morals Clause is a truer than fiction story about an entrepreneur, Sam Barns, that literally explodes off the pages after his California-based company becomes a major success and is acquired by a Fortune 500 Company whose management team consists of brown-collar thugs rather than white-collar executives. They will take any risk necessary to achieve their goals, whether it is threats, blackmail, kidnapping, or even murder. So how far will they go? With $ millions at stake, they will go all the way.