[mikester]

It would simply be unethical to 'use the backdoor' and remove all of my work.

Everything I do, I do with permission of the business - as a professional you have to make those decisions based on that assumption. They have not given me permission to disable their business.

I know it seems wonky to say the least but it is unethical - just as much as it is unethical for them to stiff me of course. Two wrongs do not make a right.