Alistair Nicholas

Alistair Nicholas is Executive Vice President Asia with global communications consulting firm Weber Shandwick l Powell Tate. He has been based in Beijing, China, since 2000, advising Global Fortune 500s, international governments, and Chinese companies and government agencies on corporate communications, public affairs, government lobbying, and crisis management. He was previously based in Washington DC as Australia’s Trade Commissioner to the World Bank and United Nations. His 25+ years career has also included periods in political advisory and public policy roles, public relations, academia, and journalism.

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Two cheers for Hollywood

17 Apr 2012 |

tags: corporate responsibility, Hollywood, parental respsonsibility

It will take more than Blood Diamond or Green Carpet Awards to show that the film industry is serious about corporate responsibility.





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People have to come before profits, even in a crisis

21 Mar 2011 |

tags: ethics, Japan, tsunami

The Fukushima Daiichi power plant disaster has become a textbook example of what not to do in an emergency.





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Axeing Charlie Sheen is not enough

9 Mar 2011 |

tags: Charlie Sheen, Hollywood

The real problem is the executives who hired the disgraced TV star, nurtured him, cosseted him, and helped to destroy him.





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Aftershock

30 Aug 2010 |

tags: China, family values, films

A Chinese blockbuster about the survivors of two earthquakes is a remarkable story of loss and redemption.





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Will shuffling the deck deal BP a better hand?

2 Aug 2010 |

tags: BP, business ethics, corporate culture, environment

Along with cleaning up the catastrophic oil spill, BP has to clean up its toxic corporate culture.





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Tweeting all fellow twavellers

29 May 2009 |

tags:

Don't be a trog, get with the blog; or if that's a bad fit, try tweeting a twit.






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Of damsels in distress and dragons to the rescue

24 Nov 2008 |

tags:

If China uses its immense foreign reserves to rescue the American economy, will the story end there?





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Is capitalism dead or just flat-lining?

12 Oct 2008 |

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The world financial crisis shows that a system built on greed cannot work. 





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Sport can lift us higher

22 Aug 2008 |

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Faster, higher, stronger: the motto of the modern Olympics gives us noble aspirations to live by.





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Tinseltown bending it for Beckham

21 Jan 2007 |

tags: public relations, soccer, sport

Babe Ruth didn't play soccer, but he has some sage advice for the celebrity English player.





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