In this case, Joan Dreer is a token because she is the first woman engineer at Sunnyvale. Joan's problems as a token are magnified by the attitudes of the other engineers. Grimaldi never really discusses her actions as a supervisor. He blames all of the actions of the work groups on her and does not assume that they are responsible for their own behavior. One way to test the ethical situation presented by this case is to put yourself in the position of the person being criticized.
All workers deserve to be given a chance to prove themselves on the job.
It is sometimes difficult to overcome our stereotypes, but we need to be careful not to let previous perceptions interfere with our current judgments. Joan deserves her chance to prove herself as a supervisor. If you are using Navigator 2.0 or later, and you see this message, you should enable JavaScript by on the Advanced page of the Preferences dialog box.