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• All volunteer leaders must disclose any RWI (as members of the College. We have removed any person with a relevant RWI from the writing committee of that part of the document, and the CMSS code requires that the majority of the members of a writing committee be free of any relevant RWI. Industry support will not be used for development, printing or distribution of clinical practice guidelines. This is a strict approach, but one that I believe is necessary to the continued credibility of our important work. Others believe the CMSS code is not strict enough; some would even go so far as to advocate for a completely “pure” approach, in which specialty societies would not accept any funding from industry. I believe this is an unrealistic position. Public funding for research and continuing medical education (CME) is scarce. Industry funds scientific publications, research grants, CME, quality of care projects and more. Without funding for these meaningful endeavors, we would be crippled in many of our educational and quality improvement efforts. RWI can be managed to benefit the development of science and to educate physicians and patients. Many of the recent new discoveries in cardiovascular medicine have come about as a result of physicians working with industry to develop and test a new therapeutic drug or device. The explosion of new information continues to increase, now doubling every two years, and we must disseminate that new material through CME. Education remains the cornerstone of our mission as a medical professional society, and we have a duty to produce quality CME, free of industry influence, for our members. The development of the CMSS Code is a great beginning for medical specialty societies and our partners in industry: It offers us a singular approach to managing our relation-ships. It will not, however, be the last time we visit this issue. Our integrity and the combined knowledge of our membership are the real proprietary property of the College. We must always reflect and assure both ourselves and others that any and all of our efforts are aimed to benefit our members and, ultimately, our patients and society. The ACC is committed to never compromising this standard.