The totality principle requires sentencing judges to set appropriate individual sentences reflecting the objective seriousness of each offence (including the value of property involved) before considering accumulation. There is no principle that misappropriation of funds for business purposes is less culpable than misappropriation for personal use. The parity principle does not require comparable sentences where the circumstances of co-offenders are markedly different.
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