https://headhearthand.org/blog/2018/03/29/the-bathsheba-syndrome-the-ethical-failure-of-successful-leaders/  Informing Minds. Moving Hearts. Directing Hands. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 https://headhearthand.org/blog/2018/03/29/the-bathsheba-syndrome-the-ethical-failure-of-successful-leaders/#comment-50483 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 15:05:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=28142#comment-50483 Can we give it a different name? It strikes me that calling it the “Bathsheba syndrome” implicitly blames Bathsheba for David’s sins, when in reality we don’t know her perspective–we can only guess as to whether she was an eager participant or someone who submitted merely because ticking off the king can be deadly.

]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2018/03/29/the-bathsheba-syndrome-the-ethical-failure-of-successful-leaders/#comment-50480 Mon, 02 Apr 2018 04:02:08 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=28142#comment-50480 […] is professor of Old Testament and practical theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, and this article is used with […]

]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2018/03/29/the-bathsheba-syndrome-the-ethical-failure-of-successful-leaders/#comment-50478 Fri, 30 Mar 2018 21:12:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=28142#comment-50478 Interesting how something not written from a Christian perspective is arguing for a concept of positive (even Christian) ethics with care for the moral fabric of our organizations .

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