MEASURING PERFORMANCE IN TERMS OF THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY TO EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS – SELECTED ISSUES Abstract: Purpose – to present social context of corporate responsibility and the scope of the actions taken by companies in this area to external stakeholders, which include contractual and contextual stakeholders, as well as to propose performance measures in this area. Design/Methodology/Approach – the paper is based on analysis of the literature, the method of analysis of the sources was used. Findings – the article focuses on the social dimension of corporate responsibility and the measurement of its performance in this area. Originality/ Value – article presents an own proposal of set of achievements’ measures in the area of the social nature of corporate responsibility Keywords: corporate social responsibility, social area, performance measurement, stakeholders