Palantir's organizational framework will make an excellent case study for whistle blowing, secrecy and privacy. I found the bat phone pretty interesting. In particular, I liked the fact that after a security related incident Palantir retained the employee and strengthened their system; rather than the textbook "we fire you" without any acknowledgment of the issue with the system.

    Palantir’s privacy and civil liberties team created an 
    ethics hotline for engineers called the Batphone: Any 
    engineer can use it to anonymously report to Palantir’s 
    directors work on behalf of a customer they consider 
    unethical. As the result of one Batphone communication,   
    for instance, the company backed out of a job that involved 
    analyzing information on public Facebook pages. Karp has 
    also stated that Palantir turned down a chance to work with 
    a tobacco firm, and overall the company walks away from as 
    much as 20% of its possible revenue for ethical reasons.