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In this panel symposium featuring four distinguished scholars, we will discuss a wide range of socio-political activities, including corporate political activities (CPA), corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, and corporate socio-political activism, which firms can engage in within today's rapidly evolving non-market environments.

Our discussion will revolve around the following questions:

• How do firms contend with mounting scrutiny over perceived decoupling between their lobbying, campaign contributions, and other types of CPA and their CSR/ESG principles?
• How do potential spillover effects of multinational firms' socio-political engagements across jurisdictions, and the diverse non-market landscapes in which these firms are situated, influence multinationals' optimal configuration of CPA, CSR, and activism?
• How might salient features of organizational structure-such as the degree of coordination between community affairs and government affairs units-impact how firms receive and communicate non-market interests with diverse stakeholders?
• How do broader socio-political transformations-including rising affective polarization and changing regulations over CPA (e.g., the rise of "dark money")-generate strategic complementarity or substitution amongst different types of CPA, CSR, and activism?

If these questions intrigue you, we invite you to join us at the upcoming AOM for a panel symposium featuring Tom Lyon, Aharon Mohliver, Douglas Schuler, and Tim Werner. They will address these questions and offer insights into potential directions for future research in the synergies and trade-offs across different types of firms' socio-political engagements.

Please contact Haram Seo (haram.seo@gmail.com) or Zhao Li (zl5471@stern.nyu.edu) with any questions about the PDW.