One of the purposes of Eta Kappa Nu is the stimulation and reward of scholarship. It is also dedicated to assisting its members throughout their lives in becoming better professionals as well as better citizens. Another purpose of the organization is that its members be a constructive force, helping to improve the standards of the profession, the courses of instruction, and the institutions at the locations of its chapters, it is still another purpose of the organization that its members become a constructive force, helping members and non-members alike to improve the standards of the profession, the courses of instruction, and the institutions generally where its chapters are established.