In fulfilling the role of a women's gymnastic judge, the individual judge assumes a role that requires the performance of many difficult tasks not all of which can be foreseen. It is the purpose of the Code of Professional Responsibility to provide the fundamental ethical principles which are always present to guide the judges so as to insure, as best it can be insured, that the judge's conduct will be such as will be responsible and promote respect for the dignity not only of the judge but also for the Association of which she/he is a part. The Code of Professional Responsibility is intended to provide standards by which to judge one charged with being a transgressor of the Code and to provide the procedures whereby the Association and the judge may be dealt with in a fair and just manner. The fulfillment of the role of a women's gymnastic judge who is a part of the National Association of Women's Gymnastic Judges requires an understanding by the individual judge of her/his relationship with and function in a well ordered and justly administered system of judging women's gymnastics events and it is this which creates and give rise to the consequent or resultant obligation on the part of the individual judge to maintain the highest standards of ethical conduct and personal and professional integrity at all times.

This Code of Professional Responsibility consists of three but interrelated parts: Canons, Disciplinary Rules and Disciplinary Action. The Canons express in general terms the conduct expected of women's gymnastic judges in their relationship with the public, with the Association and with the profession of judging in general; the Canons embody the general concepts from which the ethical consideration and disciplinary rules are derived. The Disciplinary Rules are mandatory and set forth the minimum level of conduct below which no judge who is a member of the Association can fall and will be uniformly applied to all members. Permeating both the Canons and the Disciplinary Rules are matters of ethics which represent the objective toward which every member of the Association should strive.