The student activity board members who attended a NACA convention were approached by a talent agent who represents a group of comedians who have been known to use profane language in their routines. Several of the college students told the agent that type of language would not be welcome at their college. The agent promised the group that the comedians were able and willing to perform an act that the students could bring their grandmothers to see without being embarrassed. In this example, the agent was: