the selective study of a closed-loop supply chain by a socially responsible prospective

Improving the economic and environmental performance has become the main interest of the businesses to get the sustainability in touch in the long time. as a result of environmentally activities and reduction of resources for economic life, many companies use the reverse and the forward supply chain incorporation together; thus, in the present century the major challenge facing businesses is the needs of consumers and shareholders. indeed, organization’s awareness of their responsibility has been addressed in a new concept called corporate social responsibility. the main question that arises is that how we can affect our closed-loop supply chain by considering social responsibility. for this purpose, in the following sections, we sort and compare 30 gathered papers from 2004 to 2019 by the term closed-loop supply chain in a table and investigate the term corporate social responsibility in these studies and present the analyzed results