The quickest way to bring about the foreclosure of a chapter is to have members who cannot trust each other to live up to the Sigma Nu principles, its ideals and obligations. Others quickly gain faith in Sigma Nu principles, its ideals and obligations. Others quickly gain faith in those who can be trusted to be honest, truthful, faithful, loyal, dedicated. To do what who says he will do, and then to get it done when he says he will engenders faith in him and his abilities and earns him the respect of others. To be trusted enough to be taken into the confidence of others earns one the accolade of trustworthiness and helps qualify him to be a Sigma Nu.
Brotherhood means respect.
Disrespect engenders disrespect, while being respectful to others earns respect from others. Respect is gained or lost by the deeds we do or fail to do, by what we say or fail to say, by our attitude towards others. The cynical, the sarcastic, or the constant complainer has no place in this Fraternity. Having as much respect for others as for oneself, if not more, and showing it in a genuine way, is the basic fiber that binds strong bonds of Brotherhood. Showing respect reveals the very luster that attracts others to want to be a Sigma Nu.