THE COPYCAT PRINCIPLE by Joe Trevison MBA CPA What got me thinking about this once again was attending a board meeting of the Private School I am on. One of the College’s is going to do benchmarking with other simillar schools. Benchmarking is the Professional college term for the Copycat principle. It is taking the best of the best and modeling your organization after those practices. For example Melvin Powers one great guru you might have heard of. He has a publishing company in California.