- CANON I: A judge should assist in maintaining the integrity and competence of the profession of judging women's gymnastic events.
- CANON 2: A judge should assist the Association in fulfilling its duty to make judges for women's gymnastic events available.
- CANON 3: A judge should assist in improving the system of judging women's gymnastic events.
- CANON 4: A judge should avoid even the appearance of professional impropriety.
- CANON 5: A judge shall be well qualified in gymnastics, know the rules and be thoroughly prepared for each assignment.
- CANON 6: A judge shall be completely unbiased.
- CANON 7: A judge should confine her/his duties to the purposes of judging; coaching is not included in a judge's responsibilities and a coach of a girl competing should not be judging.
- CANON 8: A judge should avoid judging a meet when prejudice for or against a team exists.
- CANON 9: A judge should not give any appearance, especially at a meet, of any particular friendship with any coach or competitor.
- CANON 10: A judge should never consume alcoholic beverages prior to a judging assignment where such consumption is evident by virtue of the odor thereof about her / his person or is reflected in her / his conduct and demeanor.
- CANON 11: A judge should maintain a neat and well-groomed appearance when judging.
- CANON 12: A judge should wear the uniform or identification given her/him by the Association (except where other dress is expressly permitted.)
- CANON 13: A judge should not be over-officious.
- CANON 14: A judge should not become intimate with coaches or affiliates of teams or contestants who she/he may later be called upon, directly or indirectly, to judge.
- CANON 15: A judge should not criticize or attempt to explain other official's judgment or decisions to either coach, team or affiliate thereof.
- CANON 16: A judge should give her/his best efforts in every meet judged. Each team, meet, contestant and participant, as well as the spectators, are entitled to the official's best efforts as she/he is employed as a representative to administer the rules of the sport.
- CANON 17: A judge should not solicit meets for herself/himself or for others.
- CANON 18: A judge should fulfill all assignments accepted, should be punctual and should attend all judging and other meetings attendant to the employment undertaken which are intended to promote a well ordered and conducted meet or event.
- CANON 19: A judge should prepare for each judging assignment and should through reasonable and prudent means, including clinics, keep her judging knowledge current.
- CANON 20: A judge should at all times both look and act professionally neither by dress, appearance or conduct visit disrespect upon or lower the esteem of the profession of judging women s gymnastic events, generally, and this Association in particular.
- CANON 21: A judge should treat gymnasts, coaches, other judges, promoters and spectators with respect. In general, a judge should treat all persons with respect and dignity and thereby encourage like treatment being extended to her/him.
- CANON 22: A judge should be alert at all times, quickly yet accurately produce her/his scores, have a basis for the scores derived and prepared, and if a legitimate need should arise, rationally and logically explain and support such scores in a dignified, professional manner and should, at all times, be cooperative in working in and through conferences and protests.
- CANON 23: A judge should decline any assignment in which affiliation with a team or individuals would tend to influence the judge's judgment and the judge's ability to be fair, impartial and objective.
- CANON 24: A judge should at all times respect the privacy, property and feelings of any judge or other person with whom such judge is living during the event being judged and should not do anything which is calculated, designed (or by its very nature would necessarily have such effect) to compromise such persons rights, feelings or property or which would embarrass or otherwise offend such person.
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