Agency
Agency may refer to: == Organizations == Institution, governmental or others Advertising agency or marketing agency, a service business dedicated to creating, planning and handling advertising for its clients Employment agency, a business that serves as a representative, acting on behalf of another Escort agency, a company that provides escorts for clients, usually for sexual services Government agency, a department of a local or national government responsible for the oversight and administration of a specific function Central Intelligence Agency, nicknamed "The Agency" International agency, an inter-governmental body News agency Talent agency Highways Agency (now National Highways), manages motorways and some major roads in England == Social science == Agency, the abstract principle that autonomous beings, agents, are capable of acting by themselves; see Autonomy Agency (law), a person acting on behalf of another person Agency (moral), capacity for making moral judgments Agency (philosophy), the capacity of an autonomous agent to act, relating to action theory in philosophy Agency (psychology), the ability to act independently Agency (sociology), the ability of social actors to make independent choices, relating to action theory in sociology Agency and structure, ability of an individual to organize future situations and resource distribution == Places == Agency (administrative division) Agency, Iowa, US Agency, Missouri, US Agency, Montana, US Agency Township (disambiguation), name of townships in four US states == Arts, entertainment and media == Agency (novel), a science fiction novel by William Gibson The Agency (comics) The Agency: Covert Ops, a spy-themed massively multiplayer online shooter video game === Film and television === Agency (film), 1980 Canadian film starring Lee Majors The Agency (2001 TV series), an American action-drama The Agency (2007 TV series), an American reality series Morgana Robinson's The Agency, a 2016 British TV mockumentary The Agency, a fictional government organization in the 2000 TV series The Invisible Man Agency (South Korean TV series), a 2023 television series The Agency (2024 TV series), an American espionage thriller == Other uses == Agency in Mormonism, "the privilege of choice...