box checker

One whose job consists primarily of administrative work indicating tasks that have been completed.

(derogatory) A person who follows instructions to the letter and avoids taking any risks.

A person who strives to live up to the expectations of others; a person who follows the rules and strives to achieve the conventional definition of success.

Someone who is counted in an organization as representing a minority ethnic group but who is so assimilated into the dominant culture that their ethnic status becomes meaningless.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see box, checker. Someone or something that checks boxes.